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caucus 音標拼音: [k'ɔkəs] [k'ɑkəs] n. 干部會議
vi. 開干部會議 幹部會議開幹部會議 caucus n 1: a closed political meeting v 1: meet to select a candidate or promote a policyCaucus \ Cau" cus\, n. [ Etymology uncertain. Mr. J. H. Trumbull finds the origin of caucus in the N. A. Indian word cawcawwassough or ca[' u] cau- as' u one who urges or pushes on, a promoter. See citation for an early use of the word caucus.] A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting. [ 1913 Webster] This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. -- John Adams' s Diary [ Feb., 1763]. [ 1913 Webster]
Caucus \ Cau" cus\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Caucused}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Caucusing}.] To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses. [ 1913 Webster] 93 Moby Thesaurus words for " caucus": assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, ball, brawl, breakaway group, by- election, camp, closed primary, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, congregation, congress, congressional caucus, congressional election, contested election, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, dance, date, diet, direct primary, division, eisteddfod, election, ethnic group, faction, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum, gathering, general election, gerrymander, get- together, housewarming, interest, interest group, levee, mandatory primary, meet, meeting, minority group, nonpartisan primary, offshoot, open primary, optional primary, packed caucus, panel, partisan election, party, plenum, political party, politicize, preference primary, presidential election, presidential preference primary, presidential primary, pressure group, primary, primary election, prom, quorum, rally, reception, referendum, rendezvous, runoff, runoff election, runoff primary, seance, secret caucus, sect, session, shindig, side, silent majority, sit- in, sitting, soiree, splinter, splinter group, symposium, synod, turnout, vocal minority, wing
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