politician (noun)

  • 21focus group — noun : a small group of people whose response to something (as a new product or a politician s image) is studied to determine the response that can be expected from a larger population * * * noun, pl ⋯ groups [count] : a small group of people… …

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  • 22veteran — noun (C) 1 someone who has been a soldier, sailor etc in a war: D Day veterans | a veteran of the Second World War 2 someone who has had a lot of experience of a particular activity: a veteran traveller (+ of): a veteran of the anti apartheid… …

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  • 23Clark — noun 1. United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River; Clark was responsible for making maps of the area (1770 1838) • Syn: ↑William Clark • Instance Hypernyms: ↑explorer,… …

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  • 24Davy Crockett — noun United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786 1836) • Syn: ↑Crockett, ↑David Crockett • Instance Hypernyms: ↑frontiersman, ↑backwoodsman, ↑mountain man, ↑politician, ↑ …

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  • 25Joseph McCarthy — noun United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908 1957) • Syn: ↑McCarthy, ↑Joseph Raymond McCarthy • Instance Hypernyms: ↑politician, ↑politico, ↑pol, ↑political leader * * * …

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  • 26political hack — noun a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends • Syn: ↑machine politician, ↑ward heeler, ↑hack • Hypernyms: ↑politician, ↑politico, ↑pol, ↑political leader …

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  • 27political leader — noun a person active in party politics (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑politician, ↑politico, ↑pol • Derivationally related forms: ↑politics (for: ↑politician) …

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  • 28ward-heeler — noun a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑machine politician, ↑political hack, ↑hack • Hypernyms: ↑politician, ↑politico, ↑pol, ↑ …

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  • 29William Jennings Bryan — noun United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860 1925) • Syn: ↑Bryan, ↑Great Commoner, ↑Boy Orator of the Platte • Instance Hypernyms:… …

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  • 30fat cat — noun a wealthy and privileged person • Hypernyms: ↑rich person, ↑wealthy person, ↑have * * * noun 1. slang a. : a wealthy contributor to a political campaign fund; …

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