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Definition of Spoilsman
1. n. One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service.
Definition of Spoilsman
1. Noun. (American English) A politician who serves only for a share of the spoils. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spoilsman
1. [n SPOILSMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spoilsman
Literary usage of Spoilsman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the ... Conference for Good City Government and of the by National Municipal League (1897)
"What I have so far said goes only to show that the spoilsman's occupation is
constantly going, ... The plunderer is the alter ego of the spoilsman. ..."
2. Proceedings by National Municipal League (1897)
"What I have so far said goes only to show that the spoilsman's occupation is
constantly going, ... The plunderer is the alter ego of the spoilsman. ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Last refuge of the spoilsman. Allan. 113: 433- 45. Ap. '14. Thud of the spoilsman's
ax. Cur. ..."
4. Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz (1913)
"But what are you, spoilsman? You may be whatever else, but as a Democrat you are
... The very democracy of civil service reform makes the spoilsman's heart ..."
5. Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz (1913)
"But what are you, spoilsman? You may be whatever else, but as a Democrat you are
... The very democracy of civil service reform makes the spoilsman's heart ..."
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