caucus

cau·cus  (kôks)

n. pl. cau·cus·es or cau·cus·ses

1.

a. A meeting of the local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences for candidates running for office.

b. A closed meeting of party members within a legislative body to decide on questions of policy or leadership.

c. A group within a legislative or decision-making body seeking to represent a specific interest or influence a particular area of policy: a minority caucus.

2. Chiefly British A committee within a political party charged with determining policy.

v. cau·cused or cau·cussed, cau·cus·ing or cau·cus·sing, cau·cus·es or cau·cus·ses

v.intr.

To assemble in or hold a caucus.

v.tr.

To assemble or canvass (members of a caucus).

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[After the Caucus Club of Boston (in the 1760s), possibly from Medieval Latin caucus, drinking vessel.]

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caucus

Noun

pl -cuses

1. a local committee or faction of a political party

2. a political meeting to decide future plans

3. NZ a formal meeting of all MPs of one party [probably of Native American origin]

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Caucus an inner committee, usually political, that works behind the main party.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	caucus - a closed political meeting           group meeting, meeting - a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"
Verb	1.	caucus - meet to select a candidate or promote a policy foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

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caucus

noun group, division, section, camp, sector, lobby, bloc, contingent, pressure group, junta, public-interest group U.S., Canad.

Translations

caucus [ˈkɔːkəs] n (POL) (= local committee); comité m local: (US) (to elect candidates) → comité m electoral: (= group); camarilla política

caucus [ˈkɔːkəs] n (US) (Pol) → comité électoral (pour désigner des candidats);

(Brit) (Pol) (= group); comité local (d'un parti politique)

caucus

Un caucus aux États-Unis est une réunion restreinte des principaux dirigeants d'un parti politique, précédant souvent une assemblée générale, dans le but de choisir des candidats ou de définir une ligne d'action. Par extension, ce terme désigne également l'état-major d'un parti politique.

caucus [ˈkɔːkəs] n (group) → Gremium nt, Ausschuss m;

(US) → Parteiversammlung f

Caucus

Caucus bedeutet vor allem in den USA ein privates Treffen von Parteifunktionären, bei dem z. B. Kandidaten ausgewählt oder Grundsatzentscheidungen getroffen werden. Meist wird ein solches Treffen vor einer öffentlichen Parteiversammlung abgehalten. Der Begriff bezieht sich im weiteren Sinne auch auf den kleinen, aber mächtigen Kreis von Parteifunktionären, der beim caucus zusammentrifft.

caucus [ˈkɔːkəs] n (US POL) → (riunione f del) comitato elettorale;

(BRIT ) (POL) (= group); comitato di dirigenti

caucus

Caucus è il termine usato, specialmente negli Stati Uniti, per indicare una riunione informale dei rappresentanti di spicco di un partito politico che precede una riunione ufficiale. Con uso estensivo, la parola indica il nucleo direttivo di un partito politico.