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caucus


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verb

Definition of CAUCUS

intransitive verb
: to meet in or hold a caucus
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Examples of CAUCUS

  1. Democrats caucused last week to choose their candidates.

First Known Use of CAUCUS

1788

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

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