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Politician

One versed or experienced in the science of government; one devoted to politics; a statesman.

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Narrower term 19

Boss 76% connected

Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.

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Campaigner 76% connected

One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.

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Candidate 76% connected

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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Communist 76% connected

An advocate for the theory or practice of communism.

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Demagog 76% connected

Demagogue.

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Demagogue 76% connected

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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Democrat 76% connected

One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people.

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Federalist 76% connected

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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Governor 76% connected

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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Hack 76% connected

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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Legislator 76% connected

A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.

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Mayor 76% connected

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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Mugwump 76% connected

A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent.

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Nominee 76% connected

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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Republican 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a republic.

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Sachem 76% connected

A chief of a tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore.

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Socialist 76% connected

One who advocates or practices the doctrines of socialism.

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Solon 76% connected

A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.

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Whig 76% connected

Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.

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Leader 76% connected

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

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Plotter 76% connected

One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer.

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Schemer 76% connected

One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer.

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Politics 74% connected

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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Politics 74% connected

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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