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Caucus
A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in Canada and the United States. As the use of the term has been expanded, the exact definition has come to vary among political cultures. ==Origin of the term== The origin of the word caucus is debated, but...
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caucus
[n] - a closed political meeting 2. [v] - meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
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Caucus
A method of selecting party nominees for president used by some states; in order to participate, registered party members must attend a local caucus meeting. Once the caucus begins, voters group themselves by candidate or undecided, give speeches on behalf of their candidates, and try to convince ot...
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caucus
In the USA, a closed meeting of regular political party members; for example, to choose a candidate for office. The term was originally used in the 18th century in Boston, Massachusetts. In the UK,...
Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Caucus
Cau'cus noun [ Etymology uncertain. Mr. J. H. Trumbull finds the origin of caucus in the N. A. Indian word cawcawwassough or caú cau-as'u one who urges or pushes on, a promoter. See citation for an early use of the word caucus
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Caucus
Cau'cus intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Caucused ; present participle & verbal noun Caucusing .] To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses.
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caucus
noun a closed political meeting
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caucus
verb meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
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Caucus
• (v. i.) To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses. • (n.) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a politica...
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Caucus
(from the article `caucus`) The word caucus originated in Boston in the early part of the 18th century, when it was used as the name of a political club, the Caucus, or Caucus ...
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caucus
any political group or meeting organized to further a special interest or cause.[4 related articles]
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caucus
A closed meeting of party members within a legislative body to decide on questions of policy or leadership....
Found op http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.jsp?EINTRAG_ID=16807
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caucus
A meeting of legislators of any one party to discuss parliamentary strategy and party policy.
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caucus
caucus: see convention.
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Caucus
Caucus is a term, originally American, for a private meeting of citizens to agree upon candidates to be proposed for election to offices or to concert measures for supporting a party. In Britain the term is applied to the system of political organization of which the Birmingham Liberal Association w...
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caucus
a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on party policy
Found op http://www.ircpolitics.org/glossary.html
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caucus
1) Convention activity 2) Meeting 3) Political convention activity 4) Political convention meeting
Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/caucus/1
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