1) CSA sympathizer in the North
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The term doughface originally referred to an actual mask made of dough, but came to be used in a disparaging context for someone, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable and moldable. In the 1847 Webster`s dictionary doughfacism was defined as `the willingness to be led about by one of stronger mind and will.` In the years leadi......
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• (n.) A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded.
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Dough'face` noun A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded. [ Political cant, U. S.]
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Doughface was American slang for a Northern politician over-anxious to please the South. The term is said to have been invented by John Randolph, of Roanoke, and was much used in American during the heat of the slavery conflict.
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a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War. · a congressman from a northern state not opposed to slavery in the South.
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