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☆ mug·wump (mug′wump′)

noun

  1. a Republican who refused to support the party ticket in 1884
  2. any independent, esp. in politics

Etymology: Algonquian mugquomp, chief

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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