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noun

Politician n.

One versed or experienced in the science of government; one devoted to politics; a statesman. "While empiric politicians use deceit."

One primarily devoted to his own advancement in public office, or to the success of a political party; used in a depreciatory sense; one addicted or attached to politics as managed by parties (see Politics, 2); a schemer; an intriguer; as, a mere politician. "Like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things thou dost not." "The politician... ready to do anything that he apprehends for his advantage."

adjective

Politician adj. Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful. "Ill-meaning politician lords."

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Etymology of 'Politician'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Politician" Quotes from Famous Books

... his purposes by indirect and unsuspected methods. "He hardly drank tea without a stratagem." ["Nor take her tea without a stratagem." Young's Universal Passion, Sat. vi.] He practised his arts on such small occasions that Lady Bolingbroke used to say, in a French phrase, that "he played the politician about cabbages and turnips."' Johnson's ...

— The Life Of Johnson, Volume 3 of 6 • Boswell

... "he's dangerous; he's sincere—the most dangerous type of politician in the world—the honest visionary, in love with an abstract theory, capable of offering himself for ...

— Caves of Terror • Talbot Mundy

... with a feeling of its importance, and with a deep interest in the class of people whom it concerns. I trust that this expression of interest will not be set down as mere words, or as meant to answer any selfish purpose. A politician who professes attachment to the people is suspected to love them for their votes. But a man who neither seeks nor would accept any place within their gift may hope to be listened to as their friend. As a friend, I would speak plainly. I cannot flatter. ...

— Harvard Classics Volume 28 - Essays English and American • Various

... that made her the busiest gossip and the most charitable "good soul" in the street; she had her share of human kindness, and if she was as crafty as a hypocrite, it was because she enjoyed handling men and women, like a politician. ...

— McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 • Various

... brief delirium was yet subsiding there broke out a domestic scandal in England that suddenly fixed the attention of two continents. Next morning the Chicago Limited was wrecked, and the same day a notable politician was shot down in cold blood by his wife's brother in the streets of New Orleans. Within a week of its arising "the Manderson story," to the trained sense of editors throughout the Union, was "cold." The tide of American ...

— The Woman in Black • Edmund Clerihew Bentley

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