Word: caucus

Category: caucus

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Synonyms: caucus

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Translations: caucus

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spanish
Translations:
camarilla
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german
Translations:
fraktionssitzung
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french
Translations:
clan
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czech
Translations:
klika
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polish
Translations:
klika, koteria, spotkanie, zebranie
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hungarian
Translations:
pártválasztmány
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croatian
Translations:
vijeće

The meaning and "use of": caucus

noun
  • a meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy. - An opposition party's legislative caucus can coordinate its members in policy promotion.
  • a group of people with shared concerns within a political party or larger organization. - During the eighties and nineties, self-defined conservative caucuses and organizations have operated within the Republican Party inside and outside of Congress.
verb
  • hold or form a caucus. - Inside they were all there, a big blob of nasty Iowans, caucusing away in one big terrifying ugly caucus.

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