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☆ cau·cus (kô′kəs)
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
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
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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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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.
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