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Definition of Reelection
1. Noun. Election again. "He did not run for reelection"
Definition of Reelection
1. Noun. the act of being elected after already being elected once, and already having served out one's first term. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reelection
1. election [n -S] - See also: election
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reelection
Literary usage of Reelection
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"Public Discussion of My Probable reelection ... and My Reply to It. DURING the
winter of 1890-91 the question of my reelection to the Senate was the subject ..."
2. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"Public Discussion of My Probable reelection to the Senate — My Visit to the Ohio
Legislature in April, 1891—Reception at the Lincoln League Clnb —Address to ..."
3. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... Things should be remembered—Jefferson resolves to decline a reelection—Continental
Officers' Opinions of his Military Administration—Differences between ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1876)
"''I remember a conversation which I had with an eminent gentleman, standing high
in office in the country, in regard to the reelection of the late President ..."
5. The Man Roosevelt: A Portrait Sketch by Francis Ellington Leupp (1904)
""Any strong man fit to be President would desire a renomination and reelection
after his first term. Lincoln was President in so great a crisis that perhaps ..."
6. History of the United States of America by Henry William Elson (1904)
"THE reelection AND THE BANK When Jackson first became President he had no thought
of a second term, but at the urgent request of his friends, he decided to ..."