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Definition of Party boss
1. Noun. A leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments. "Party bosses have a reputation for corruption"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Party Boss
Literary usage of Party boss
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Usually the party boss has built up a strong grip on the party, ... However, the
era of the more or less irresponsible party boss is passing away, ..."
2. American Politics: Political Parties and Party Problems in the United States by James Albert Woodburn (1903)
"It is not the party- rascals of the opposite party that the zealous party boss
wishes to turn out, unless he can turn his own rascals in. ..."
3. American Politics: Political Parties and Party Problems in the United States by James Albert Woodburn (1903)
"At all hazards he must prevent the incoming of an honest administration that will
apply the public offices for public uses; and to avoid this the party Boss ..."
4. The Government of Municipalities by Dorman Bridgman Eaton, ( (1899)
"In the cities of New York and Brooklyn, where the party boss system was first
developed, the autocratic mayoralty system was also first established. ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Government by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"The effective machine in a city or state is directed by one man known as the
party "boss," who controls the organization. He directs all the forces, ..."
6. Proceedings of the ... Conference for Good City Government and of the by National Municipal League (1900)
"... machine and party boss, yet the cabinet and prime minister are now recognized
as perfectly proper and even necessary parts of the English government. ..."
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