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 . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (politics) a person active in party politics
Synonyms 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 . Related terms leader campaigner Republican Communist statesman Democrat machine_politician socialist technocrat sachem noncandidate alben_barkley bradley bryan glenda_jackson Whig jeannette_rankin astor mullah_mohammed_omar 1st_baron_beaverbrook party_man party_boss Mugwump charles_joseph_clark clinton clay aaron_burr douglas crockett jackson houston andre_maginot joseph_mccarthy peel standard-bearer nellie_ross seward daniel_webster Labourite Federalist |
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[ noun ] a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways
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