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caucus

[ kaw-kuhs ]

noun

plural caucuses.
  1. U.S. Politics.
    1. a local meeting of party members to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc.
    2. a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy.
    3. Often Caucus. a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process:

      the Women's Caucus; the Black Caucus.

  2. any group or meeting organized to further a special interest or cause.


verb (used without object)

  1. to hold or meet in a caucus.

verb (used with object)

  1. to bring up or hold for discussion in a caucus:

    The subject was caucused.

  2. to bring together or poll in a caucus:

    The paper caucused its new editorial board on Friday.

    The chairman caucused the water pollution committee before making recommendations.

caucus

/ 藞办蓴藧办蓹蝉 /

noun

    1. a closed meeting of the members of one party in a legislative chamber, etc, to coordinate policy, choose candidates, etc
    2. such a bloc of politicians

      the Democratic caucus in Congress

    1. a group of leading politicians of one party
    2. a meeting of such a group
  1. a local meeting of party members
  2. a group or faction within a larger group, esp a political party, who discuss tactics, choose candidates, etc
  3. a group of MPs from one party who meet to discuss tactics, etc
  4. a formal meeting of all Members of Parliament belonging to one political party
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to hold a caucus
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

caucus

  1. A meeting of members of a political party to nominate candidates, choose convention delegates, plan campaign tactics, determine party policy, or select leaders for a legislature.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of caucus1

An Americanism dating back to 1755鈥65; apparently first used in the name of the Caucus Club of colonial Boston; further origin uncertain; perhaps from Medieval Latin caucus 鈥渄rinking vessel,鈥 Late Latin caucum, from Greek 办补没办辞蝉; perhaps from Virginia Algonquian Cawcawwassough 鈥渆lders of the Chickahominy people鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of caucus1

C18: probably of Algonquian origin; related to caucauasu adviser
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The caucus of opposition MPs says that by suspending the chief justice before the Supreme Court had ruled on these lawsuits, Mahama had "violated" due process.

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The Democratic-led Latino caucus announced a dozen bills as legislative priorities, over half looking to protect the state鈥檚 immigrants from Trump-era immigration polices.

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"We are still talking about the same party, the same caucus," the Bloc's Blanchet said.

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Sanders, a political independent who caucuses with the Senate Democrats, said in an interview that in the two years before Trump was reelected, Democrats held a slim majority in the House but achieved 鈥渧irtually nothing.鈥

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The caucus also reaffirmed a promise to maintain funding for Medi-Cal, the state鈥檚 healthcare program that insures 15 million low-income Californians and has run billions above estimates since last summer.

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