svengali

English Thesaurus

1. the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	character, fictional character, fictitious character,
definition	:	an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) (noun.person)

2. someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding (noun.person)

hypernym	:	inducer, persuader,
definition	:	someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on (noun.person)