mugwump
mugwump definition
☆ mug·wump (mug′wump′)
noun
- a Republican who refused to support the party ticket in 1884
- any independent, esp. in politics
Etymology: Algonquian mugquomp, chief
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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