About The Word Caucus
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Caucus
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What's The Definition Of Caucus?
[n] a closed political meeting
[v] meet to select a candidate or promote a policy Synonyms | Synonyms for Caucus: Related Terms | Find terms related to Caucus: assemblee | assembly | assignation | at home | ball | brawl | breakaway group | by-election | camp | closed primary | colloquium | commission | committee | conclave | concourse | congregation | congress | congressional caucus | congressional election | contested election | conventicle | convention | convocation | council | dance | date | diet | direct primary | division | eisteddfod | election | ethnic group | faction | festivity | fete | forgathering | forum | gathering | general election | gerrymander | get-together | housewarming | interest | interest group | levee | mandatory primary | meet | meeting | minority group | nonpartisan primary | offshoot | open primary | optional primary | packed caucus | panel | partisan election | party | plenum | political party | politicize | preference primary | presidential election | presidential preference primary | presidential primary | pressure group | primary | primary election | prom | quorum | rally | reception | referendum | rendezvous | runoff | runoff election | runoff primary | seance | secret caucus | sect | session | shindig | side | silent majority | sit-in | sitting | soiree | splinter | splinter group | symposium | synod | turnout | vocal minority | wing See Also | assemble | foregather | forgather | gather | meet | meeting Caucus In Webster's Dictionary \Cau"cus\, n. [Etymology uncertain. Mr. J. H. Trumbull
finds the origin of caucus in the N. A. Indian word
cawcawwassough or ca['u] cau-as'u one who urges or pushes on,
a promoter. See citation for an early use of the word
caucus.]
A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons
belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public
office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or
to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political
primary meeting.
This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain
times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the
Boston regiment. --John Adams's
Diary [Feb.,
1763].
\Cau"cus\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caucused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caucusing}.] To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses. |
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