lobbyist

The definition of a lobbyist is a person whose job it is to convince legislatures or politicians to vote a certain way.

(noun)

A person who works for banks and who tries to get politicians to vote yes or no on bills depending on whether the bill helps the bank or not is an example of a lobbyist.

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See lobbyist in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person, acting for a special interest group, who tries to influence the introduction of or voting on legislation or the decisions of government administrators

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