| 单词 | majority leader |
| 释义 | majority leadernounthe leader of the majority party in a legislative body, especially the party member who directs the activities of the majority party on the floor of either the Senate or the House of Representatives. Origin of majority leaderAn Americanism dating back to 1950–55 Words nearby majority leadermajor hysteria, majoritarian, majoritarianism, majority, majority carrier, majority leader, majority-minority, major key, major league, major-leaguer, majorly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for majority leadermajority leader The leader of the party that holds a majority of seats in either house of Congress or of a state legislature. Selected by their own party caucuses, majority leaders act as chief spokespersons and strategists for their parties. In the House of Representatives, the majority leader is second in command of his party, after the Speaker of the House. (See also minority leader.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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