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mugwump |
3 definitions found 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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