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Definition of Lobbyists
1. lobbyist [n] - See also: lobbyist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lobbyists
Literary usage of Lobbyists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Commonwealth by James Bryce Bryce (1919)
"Thus there are at Washington, says Mr. Spofford, " pension lobbyists, tariff
lobbyists, steamship subsidy lobbyists, railway lobbyists, ..."
2. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"The other class of lobbyists are of quite another order. ... That such men should
be called "lobbyists," or that their presentation of facts and arguments ..."
3. Legislative History of Recent Primary Safety Belt Laws by N. Russell, P. Dreyfuss, M. Cosgrove (2000)
"lobbyists Paid lobbyists and special interest groups (eg, the auto and insurance
industries) played key roles in the passage of recent primary safety belt ..."
4. The American Commonwealth by James Bryce Bryce (1908)
"lobbyists, Indian ring lobbyists, patent lobbyists, river and harbour .lobbyists,
mining lobbyists, bunk lobbyists, mail-contract lobbyists, war damages ..."
5. Popular Misgovernment in the United States by Alfred Byron Cruikshank (1920)
"Of the office-seeking lobbyists at Washington it may be said that their name is
legion. There are even artist lobbyists, bent upon wheedling Congress into ..."
6. The Free Pass Bribery System: Showing how the Railroads, Through the Free by George W. Berge (1905)
"THE lobbyists ORGANIZE THE LEGISLATURE. Having now considered the moral, ...
The political lobbyists employed by the railroads canvassed the state from ..."