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☆ cau·cus (kô′kəs)

noun

    1. a private meeting of leaders or a committee of a political party or faction to decide on policy, pick candidates, etc., esp. prior to a general, open meeting
    2. the group attending such a meeting
    3. a faction or group of politicians the black Congressional caucus
  2. a controlling organization within a British political party

Etymology: prob. after Caucus Club, 18th-c. social and political club; ult. < MGr kaukos, drinking cup

intransitive verb caucused -·cused or caucussed -·cussed, caucusing -·cus·ing or caucussing -·cus·sing

to hold, or take part in, a caucus

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caucus Synonyms

caucus

n.

assembly, meeting, council, conclave; see gathering.


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caucus Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • form: Together they form the Congressional Hispanic Caucus which attempts to work together to address issues that affect all their constituencies.

Adjective modifier

  • Democratic: When the Democratic caucus met in closed session, the Stevenson speech was ignored.

Modifies a noun

  • meeting: Lucien votes with his fellow Club members they have decided in their initial caucus meeting which Motions they want to see passed.

Noun used with modifier

  • Latin: You could check our mailing list archives and the names of the people that decided within latin american caucus.
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caucus quotes

I donot mind the Liberals, still less do Imind the Country party, calling me a bastard. In some circumstances, I am only doing my job if they do. But I hope that you will not publicly call me a bastard, as some bastards in the Caucus have.

-Whitlam, (Edward) Gough

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