- Svengali - someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding
--1 is a kind of persuader, inducer
- Svengali - the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically
--2 is a kind of fictional character, fictitious character, character
- Svengali - the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically