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Definition of Politician
1. Noun. A leader engaged in civil administration.
Specialized synonyms: Governor, Legislator, City Manager, Mayor
Derivative terms: Politics, Politics
2. Noun. A person active in party politics.
Generic synonyms: Leader
Specialized synonyms: Campaigner, Candidate, Nominee, Communist, Demagog, Demagogue, Rabble-rouser, Democrat, Federalist, Labourite, Hack, Machine Politician, Political Hack, Ward-heeler, Mugwump, Noncandidate, Boss, Party Boss, Political Boss, Party Liner, Party Man, Republican, Sachem, Socialist, Standard-bearer, National Leader, Solon, Statesman, Technocrat, Whig, Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potemkin, Potyokin
Specialized synonyms: Astor, Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, Alben Barkley, Alben William Barkley, Barkley, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken, Bradley, Thomas Bradley, Tom Bradley, Boy Orator Of The Platte, Bryan, Great Commoner, William Jennings Bryan, Aaron Burr, Burr, Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase, Charles Joseph Clark, Clark, Joe Clark, Clay, Henry Clay, The Great Compromiser, Clinton, Dewitt Clinton, Crockett, David Crockett, Davy Crockett, Douglas, Little Giant, Stephen A. Douglas, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Houston, Sam Houston, Samuel Houston, Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Jesse Louis Jackson, Glenda Jackson, Jackson, Andre Maginot, Maginot, Joseph Mccarthy, Joseph Raymond Mccarthy, Mccarthy, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Moynihan, Mullah Mohammed Omar, Mullah Omar, Peel, Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel, Jeannette Rankin, Rankin, Nellie Ross, Nellie Tayloe Ross, Ross, Seward, William Henry Seward, Daniel Webster, Webster
Derivative terms: Politics, Politics
3. Noun. A schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways.
Definition of Politician
1. n. One versed or experienced in the science of government; one devoted to politics; a statesman.
2. a. Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful.
Definition of Politician
1. Noun. One engaged in politics, especially an elected or appointed government official. ¹
2. Noun. Specifically, one who regards elected political office as a career. ¹
3. Noun. A politically active or interested person. ¹
4. Noun. A sly or ingratiating person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Politician
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Politician
Literary usage of Politician
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"Fourth Well-informed politician (who hat been waiting hit chance, putting down the
... First Well-informed politician. France and Russia put the screw on! ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"After studying law with bis father, Murray McConnel, a distinguished lawyer and
politician of the West, he entered and was graduated ..."
3. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1891)
"politician in our time can be made to understand the iniquity of the " spoils
system." Of this party the Marquis of Rockingham was the political leader, ..."
4. Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties by Moisei Ostrogorski (1902)
"(The American politician, while constituting a separate class in American ...
The germ which produces the politician is the desire to obtain some public ..."
5. Mere Literature, and Other Essays by Woodrow Wilson (1896)
"LITERARY politician " is not a label much in vogue, and may need first of all a
justification, ... I do not mean a politician who affects literature; ..."
6. Mere Literature, and Other Essays by Woodrow Wilson (1896)
"LITERARY politician " is not a label much in vogue, and may need first of all a
justification, ... I do not mean a politician who affects literature; ..."
7. Mere Literature, and Other Essays by Woodrow Wilson (1896)
"LITERARY politician " is not a label much in vogue, and may need first of all a
justification, ... I do not mean a politician who affects literature; ..."
8. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"Then,' said he, ' he will not be a politician if this be his chief care.' By the
dog of Egypt, he will, I said, in his own city, ..."
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