SVENGALI


Meaning of SVENGALI in English

/sven gah"lee, sfen-/ , n.

a person who completely dominates another, usually with selfish or sinister motives.

[ 1940-45; after the evil hypnotist of the same name in the novel Trilby (1894) by George Du Maurier ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .