politician, n.
(politicians)
freq. cnt. 13
(politicians)
freq. cnt. 13
a leader engaged in civil administration
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9
politician
a person active in party politics
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
pol political leader politician politico
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candidate, campaigner, nominee
Communist
demagogue, demagog, rabble-rouser
Democrat
Federalist
Labourite
ward-heeler, machine politician, political hack, hack
Mugwump
noncandidate
party boss, political boss, boss
party man, party liner
Republican
sachem
socialist
standard-bearer
statesman, national leader, solon
technocrat
Whig
Potemkin, Potyokin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin
instance hyponym
Astor, Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor
Barkley, Alben Barkley, Alben William Barkley
Beaverbrook, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken
Bradley, Thomas Bradley, Tom Bradley
Bryan, William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner, Boy Orator of the Platte
Burr, Aaron Burr
Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase
Clark, Joe Clark, Charles Joseph Clark
Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser
Clinton, DeWitt Clinton
Crockett, Davy Crockett, David Crockett
Douglas, Stephen A. Douglas, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Little Giant
Houston, Sam Houston, Samuel Houston
Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Jesse Louis Jackson
Jackson, Glenda Jackson
Maginot, Andre Maginot
McCarthy, Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Raymond McCarthy
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Mullah Omar, Mullah Mohammed Omar
Peel, Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel
Rankin, Jeannette Rankin
Ross, Nellie Ross, Nellie Tayloe Ross
Seward, William Henry Seward
Webster, Daniel Webster
a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways
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politician
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