politico

noun

po·​lit·​i·​co pə-ˈli-ti-ˌkō 

plural politicos also politicoes

: politician

Examples of politico in a Sentence

a politico who will do anything to win an election

Recent Examples on the Web

Deputies and politicos chatted over festive music while the local news played silently on a big screen at El Pescador Bar and Grill in Carson, which served as Luna’s campaign headquarters on Tuesday. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Best known for his earnest politico Josh Lyman in Sorkin’s The West Wing, Whitford here turns zealous and mean, his Colonel Jessup ruthlessness incarnate, intractable and convinced of his own indispensable value to society and order. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026

But not all Florida politicos seem to have widely adopted AI. — Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

Kaplan had replaced the neoliberal UK politico Nick Clegg just as the political pendulum was swinging and companies were rushing to add MAGA credentials to their boardrooms and executive ranks. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Italian politico and Spanish político, both derivatives of the corresponding adjectives politico and político "political," borrowed from Latin polīticus "of civil government, political" — more at politic

First Known Use

1630, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for politico

• adagio
• altiplano
• arapaho
• arapahoe
• fortissimo
• manifesto
• minangkabau
• oregano
• ostinato
• pistachio
• portfolio
• presidio