electioneern.
/ᵻˌlɛkʃəˈnɪə/, U.S. /əˌlɛkʃəˈnɪ(ə)r/, /iˌlɛkʃəˈnɪ(ə)r/ = electioneerer n.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > electioneering > one who
electioneerer1800
electioneer1848
1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. vi. 77 I du believe hard coin the stuff Fer 'lectioneers to spout on.
1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 July 8/1 In the Yorkshire Constituencies. The Champion Electioneer.
1905 Jrnl. Educ. Apr. 272/2 To secure that the professorship shall not necessarily go to the most successful electioneer.
1928 Daily Express 11 Oct. 11/1 The Liberal electioneers at once denounced it as a ‘Tory trick’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
electioneerv.
/ᵻˌlɛkʃəˈnɪə/, U.S. /əˌlɛkʃəˈnɪ(ə)r/, /iˌlɛkʃəˈnɪ(ə)r/ intransitive. To busy oneself in (political) elections.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [verb (intransitive)] > electioneer
electioneer1789
1789 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 580 All the world here is occupied in electioneering, in choosing or being chosen.
1804 M. Edgeworth Rosanna v, in Pop. Tales II. 148 Those underlings who delight in galloping round the country to electioneer.
1836 D. Crockett Exploits & Adventures in Texas 11 For this reason he came out openly to electioneer against me.
1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. xviii. 139 Numbers go to see their neighbours or to hear the news, and not a few to electioneer.
a1922 C. C. Andrews Recoll. (1928) 185 Soldiers have electioneered to some extent for different candidates.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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