† democratometern.
humorous and depreciative. Obsolete.
A means of ascertaining or gauging public opinion.Apparently an isolated use.In quot. with reference to John Bright, British MP (1811–89).
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1859 Sat. Rev. 7 141/2 The member for Birmingham has supplied Parliament with an admirable democratometer, without which it might have been hurried into violent and uncalled-for changes, through a total misapprehension of the real state of public feeling.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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