Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
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One versed or experienced in the science of government; one devoted to politics; a statesman.
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Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
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One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.
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One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a cand…
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An advocate for the theory or practice of communism.
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Demagogue.
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A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political…
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One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people.
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An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member o…
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One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pe…
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A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.
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A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.
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The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the m…
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A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent.
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A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to offi…
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Of or pertaining to a republic.
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A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore.
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One who advocates or practices the doctrines of socialism.
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A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.
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Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
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One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.
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One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer.
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One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer.
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The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safet…
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The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safet…
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