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politician
(mass) | politician
- politik |
politician
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Politician
(gcide) | Politician \Pol`i*ti"cian\, a.
Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful. "Ill-meaning
politician lords." --Milton.
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Politician
(gcide) | Politician \Pol`i*ti"cian\, n. [Cf. F. politicien.]
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1. One versed or experienced in the science of government;
one devoted to politics; a statesman.
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While empiric politicians use deceit. --Dryden.
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2. One primarily devoted to his own advancement in public
office, or to the success of a political party; -- used in
a depreciatory sense; one addicted or attached to politics
as managed by parties (see Politics, 2); a schemer; an
intriguer; as, a mere politician.
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Like a scurvy politician, seem
To see the things thou dost not. --Shak.
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The politician . . . ready to do anything that he
apprehends for his advantage. --South.
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politician
(wn) | politician
n 1: a leader engaged in civil administration
2: a person active in party politics [syn: politician,
politico, pol, political leader]
3: a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in
sly or underhanded ways |
politician
(devil) | POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the
superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles he
mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice.
As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being
alive.
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politicians
(mass) | politicians
- politici |
machine politician
(encz) | machine politician, n: |
politicians
(encz) | politicians,politici n: pl. Zdeněk Brožpoliticians,politikové n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Politician
(gcide) | Politician \Pol`i*ti"cian\, a.
Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful. "Ill-meaning
politician lords." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Politician \Pol`i*ti"cian\, n. [Cf. F. politicien.]
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1. One versed or experienced in the science of government;
one devoted to politics; a statesman.
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While empiric politicians use deceit. --Dryden.
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2. One primarily devoted to his own advancement in public
office, or to the success of a political party; -- used in
a depreciatory sense; one addicted or attached to politics
as managed by parties (see Politics, 2); a schemer; an
intriguer; as, a mere politician.
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Like a scurvy politician, seem
To see the things thou dost not. --Shak.
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The politician . . . ready to do anything that he
apprehends for his advantage. --South.
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machine politician
(wn) | machine politician
n 1: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a
political party for private rather than public ends [syn:
machine politician, ward-heeler, political hack,
hack] |
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