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Mugwump   Listen
noun
mugwump  n.  
1.
A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent. (Political Cant, U.S.)
2.
A person who is undecided about an issue, especially a political one; a person who takes a neutral stance on an issue; a fence-sitter.





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"Mugwump" Quotes from Famous Books



... forty-three years old he was well versed in the art of practical politics. Coming upon the political scene in the early eighties, he had associated himself with the reformers in the Republican party; but he was no Mugwump. From the first he vehemently preached the doctrine of party loyalty; if beaten in the convention, he voted the straight ticket in the election. For twenty years he adhered to this rule and during a considerable portion of that period he held office as a spokesman ...
— History of the United States • Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard


Words linked to "Mugwump" :   individualist, pol, politico, fencesitter, government, political science, independent, political leader, politician, politics


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