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electioneerer|ɪˌlɛkʃəˈnɪərə(r)| [f. electioneer v. + -er.] One who manages elections, who uses arts or influence to secure the return of a candidate; one skilled in such arts.
1800M. Edgeworth Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) VI. 150 A damn'd bad electioneerer!.. Why, unless he bought a vote, he'd never win one. 1809–12― Vivian viii, Loud-tongued electioneerers. 1824Byron Juan xvi. lxx, Lord Henry was a great electioneerer, Burrowing for boroughs like a rat or rabbit. 1865Sat. Rev. 18 Feb. 186/2 The proverbially sanguine temperament of electioneerers. |