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pol·i·ti·cian
(pŏl′ĭ-tĭsh′ən)n.
1. One who is actively involved or skilled in politics, especially one who holds a political office.
2. One who deceives or outmaneuvers others for personal gain: distrusted him as the office politician.
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politician
(ˌpɒlɪˈtɪʃən)n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person actively engaged in politics, esp a full-time professional member of a deliberative assembly
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who is experienced or skilled in the art or science of politics, government, or administration; statesman
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) derogatory chiefly US a person who engages in politics out of a wish for personal gain, as realized by holding a public office
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pol•i•ti•cian
(ˌpɒl ɪˈtɪʃ ən)n.
1. a person who is active in politics, esp. as a career.
2. a seeker or holder of public office.
3. a person who uses public office to advance personal or partisan interests.
4. a person who is skilled in politics.
syn: politician, statesman refer to one skilled in politics. politician is more often derogatory, and statesman laudatory. politician suggests the schemes of a person who engages in politics for party ends or personal advantage: a dishonest politician. statesman suggests the eminent ability, foresight, and patriotic devotion of a person dealing with important affairs of state: a distinguished statesman.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others governor - the head of a state government legislator - someone who makes or enacts laws city manager, mayor - the head of a city government |
2. | ![]() leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others Communist - a member of the communist party demagog, demagogue, rabble-rouser - a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices Democrat - a member of the Democratic Party Federalist - a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government Labourite - a member of the British Labour Party machine politician, political hack, ward-heeler, hack - a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends Mugwump - someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884 noncandidate - someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office party boss, political boss, boss - a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments; "party bosses have a reputation for corruption" party liner, party man - a member of a political party who follows strictly the party line Republican - a member of the Republican Party sachem - a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall) socialist - a political advocate of socialism standard-bearer - an outstanding leader of a political movement national leader, solon, statesman - a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs technocrat - an advocate of technocracy Whig - a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Grigori Potemkin, Grigori Potyokin, Potemkin, Potyokin - a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791) | |
3. | politician - a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways |
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politician
noun statesman or stateswoman, representative, senator (U.S.), congressman (U.S.), Member of Parliament, legislator, public servant, congresswoman (U.S.), politico (informal, chiefly U.S.), lawmaker, office bearer, M.P., elected offical Korea's best-known opposition politician
Quotations
"A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years" [Harry S. Truman]
"A politician is an animal that can sit on a fence and keep both ears to the ground" [H.L. Mencken]
"Since a politician never believes what he says, he is always astonished when others do" [Charles de Gaulle]
"Well, in politics, I'm a complete neutral; I think they're all scoundrels without exception" [H.L. Mencken]
"a politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man" [e e cummings 1 X 1 (no. 10)]
"A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service" [Georges Pompidou]
"The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision" [John Major]
"A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years" [Harry S. Truman]
"A politician is an animal that can sit on a fence and keep both ears to the ground" [H.L. Mencken]
"Since a politician never believes what he says, he is always astonished when others do" [Charles de Gaulle]
"Well, in politics, I'm a complete neutral; I think they're all scoundrels without exception" [H.L. Mencken]
"a politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man" [e e cummings 1 X 1 (no. 10)]
"A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service" [Georges Pompidou]
"The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision" [John Major]
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Translations
سياسي، رَجُل سياسَهسِيَّاسِيّ
politikpolitologpolitoložka-čkapolitička
politikerpolitolog
poliitik
poliitikkovaltiotieteilijä
političar
politikus
stjórnmálamaîur, pólitíkus
政治家政治学者
정치가
politik
politik
političarполитичар
politiker
นักการเมือง
chính trị gia
politician
[ˌpɒlɪˈtɪʃən] N → político/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
politician
n → Politiker(in) m(f)
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politics
(ˈpolitiks) noun singular or plural the science or business of, or ideas about, or affairs concerning, government.
poˈlitical adjective of, or concerning, politics. for political reasons; political studies.
poˈlitically adverbpoˌlitically corˈrect adjective
(also PC) (of language or behaviour) that does not offend particular groups of people. It is politically correct to use `he or she', and not just `he', when you mean a man or a woman.
ˌpoliˈtician (-ˈtiʃən) noun a person whose job is politics; a member of parliament.
political asylum protection given by a government to a foreigner who has left his own country for political reasons.
political prisoner a person who has been imprisoned for political reasons and not for any crime.
political ˈscience noun a field of study dealing with politics, government and other political institutions.
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politician
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