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mugwump (encz) | mugwump,hlavoun n: Zdeněk Brož |
mugwump (encz) | mugwump,nestranný v politice n: Kalousek |
mugwump (encz) | mugwump,oportunista n: Zdeněk Brož |
mugwump (encz) | mugwump,zvíře v politice Zdeněk Brož |
mugwump (gcide) | mugwump \mug"wump`\, n. [Cf. Algonquin mugquomp a chief.]
1. A bolter from the Republican party in the national
election of 1884; an Independent. [Political Cant, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
2. A person who is undecided about an issue, especially a
political one; a person who takes a neutral stance on an
issue; a fence-sitter.
[PJC] Mugwumpery |
mugwump (wn) | Mugwump
n 1: someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the
U.S. presidential election of 1884
2: a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
[syn: mugwump, independent, fencesitter] |
mugwump (devil) | MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted
to the vice of independence. A term of contempt.
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Mugwumpery (gcide) | Mugwumpery \Mug"wump`er*y\, Mugwumpism \Mug"wump*ism\, n.
The acts and views of the mugwumps. [Political Cant, U.S.]
[1913 Webster] Muhammadan |
Mugwumpism (gcide) | Mugwumpery \Mug"wump`er*y\, Mugwumpism \Mug"wump*ism\, n.
The acts and views of the mugwumps. [Political Cant, U.S.]
[1913 Webster] Muhammadan |
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