politician has definitions from the field of politics
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[ noun ] (politics) a leader engaged in civil administration

Used in print

(Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)

If the distant patron of the suburban branch has been frightened_away from downtown by traffic problems , however , the city store can only pressure the politicians to do something about the highways or await the completion of the federal highway program .

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

Congress is full of politicians , and if you want to get_along_with them , you have_to be politic .

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

Another case involves a newspaper reporter who tripped_up a politician .

Questions like this , framed in verbal fog , are perhaps the only kind that have ever stumped an experienced politician .

The obscurity of politicians may_not always be as innocent as it looks .

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[ noun ] (politics) a person active in party politics

Used in print

(The Providence Journal...)

The company which performed the Pulitzer_Prize musical here last night and will repeat it twice today is full of bounce , the politicians are in fine voice , the chorines evoke happy memories , and the Little_Flower rides to break a lance again .

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[ noun ] a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways

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