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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mugwump  \Mug"wump`\,  n.  [Cf.  Algonquin  mugquomp  a  chief.] 
  A  bolter  from  the  Republican  party  in  the  national  election 
  of  1884;  an  Independent.  [Political  Cant,  U.S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Mugwump 
  n  1:  someone  who  bolted  from  the  Republican  Party  during  the  U.S. 
  presidential  election  of  1884  [syn:  {Mugwump}] 
  2:  a  neutral  or  uncommitted  person  (especially  in  politics) 
  [syn:  {independent}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  MUGWUMP,  n.  In  politics  one  afflicted  with  self-respect  and  addicted 
  to  the  vice  of  independence.  A  term  of  contempt. 
 
 




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