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"

Exact synonyms: Boss, Political Boss
Generic synonyms: Pol, Political Leader, Politician, Politico

Lexicographical Neighbors of Party Boss

parturitional
parturitions
parturitive
partway
partwork
partworks
party
party-coloured
party-spirited
party and party costs
party animal
party animals
party bag
party boss (current term)
party bus
party crashers
party dress
party favor
party favour
party game
party games
party girls
party hat
party hats
party hearty
party horn
party horns

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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