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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caucus \Cau"cus\, n. [Etymology uncertain. Mr J. H. Trumbull finds the origin of caucus in the N. A. Indian word cawcawwassough or ca['u] cau-as'u one who urges or pushes on a promoter. See citation for an early use of the word caucus.] A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting. This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. --John Adams's Diary [Feb., 1763]. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caucus \Cau"cus\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caucused}; p. pr & vb n. {Caucusing}.] To hold or meet in a caucus or caucuses. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: caucus n : a closed political meeting v : meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
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