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Caucus   /kˈɔkəs/  /kˈɑkəs/   Listen
Caucus

verb
(past & past part. caucused; pres. part. caucusing)
1.
Meet to select a candidate or promote a policy.






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"Caucus" Quotes from Famous Books



... her, poor old soul," said Dick, as he joined Leonard at the threshold; "she always had her tempers. And since there is no vote to be got in this house, and one can't set a caucus on one's own father,—at least in this extraordinary rotten and prejudiced old country, which is quite in its dotage,—we'll not come here to be snubbed any more. Bless their old ...
— My Novel, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... caucus was being held in the major's office, Dorothy was conducting another sort of meeting ...
— Dorothy Dale • Margaret Penrose

... End Caucus,[3] composed mostly of mechanics, met frequently to consider what should be done, and voted (October 23d,) that they would oppose with their lives and fortunes, the vending of any tea that might be sent to the town for sale by the East India Company. "We were ...
— Tea Leaves • Various

... Congressional control. Absolute power, the centralists assumed and their fanatical associates seemed to suppose, was vested in the legislative body of the country, and its decrees, arbitrary and despotic, often originating in and carried first by a small vote in party caucus, were in all cases claimed to be decisive, and to be obeyed by the Executive, the judiciary, and the people, regardless of the Constitution. Parliamentary discussions were not permitted, or of little avail. The acts of caucus were despotic, mandatory, and decisive. The several propositions ...
— The Galaxy - Vol. 23, No. 1 • Various

... house of the Massachusetts Legislature. But during all that time I kept a very zealous interest in political affairs. I was Chairman of the County Committee for several years, made political speeches occasionally, presided at political meetings, always attended the caucus and was in full sympathy and constant communication with the Free Soil and ...
— Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 • George Hoar

... Lacy's, that the secret of that there attack on me and the 'Guardian' was perlitikal. Yes, sir! There was a powerful orginization in the interest o' Halkins for assemblyman ez didn't like our high-toned editorials on caucus corruption, and hired a bully to kem down here and suppress us. Why, this yer Lacy spotted the idea to oncet; yer ...
— The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales • Bret Harte



Words linked to "Caucus" :   group meeting, assemble, foregather, meet, forgather, gather, meeting



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