caucus
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noun
- 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
- the group attending such a meeting
- a faction or group of politicians: the black Congressional caucus
- a controlling organization within a British political party
intransitive verb caucused or caucussed, caucusing or caucussing
to hold, or take part in, a caucus
See caucus in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kôˈkəs)
noun pl. cau·cus·es or
cau·cus·ses a. A meeting of the local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences for candidates running for office.
b. A closed meeting of party members within a legislative body to decide on questions of policy or leadership.
c. A group within a legislative or decision-making body seeking to represent a specific interest or influence a particular area of policy: a minority caucus.
- Chiefly British A committee within a political party charged with determining policy.
verb cau·cused or
cau·cussed,
cau·cus·ing or
cau·cus·sing,
cau·cus·es or
cau·cus·ses verb, intransitive To assemble in or hold a caucus.
verb, transitive To assemble or canvass (members of a caucus).
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