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[ lob-ee-ist ] / ˈlɒb i ɪst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lobbyist ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest; a member of a lobby. Origin of lobbyistFirst recorded in 1940–45; lobby + -ist OTHER WORDS FROM lobbyistlob·by·ism, nounWords nearby lobbyistlobate, lobation, lobber, lobby, lobbygow, lobbyist, lobe, lobectomy, lobed, lobe-finned fish, lobelia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lobbyistLobbyist Lloyd Hand, a former aide to Lyndon Johnson, flitted from conversation to conversation. Kissy-Face The Nation: Washington’s Power Elite Smooch Bob Schieffer|Lloyd Grove|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST The term “lobbyist” supposedly was coined during the well-corrupted (and well-soaked) presidency of Ulysses S. Grant. Up to a Point: In Defense of Lobbyists|P. J. O’Rourke|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST I moved to Washington in 1988 with the folk etymology of lobbyist firmly in mind. Up to a Point: In Defense of Lobbyists|P. J. O’Rourke|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST But first I went to Washington to talk to a lobbyist friend. Up to a Point: In Defense of Lobbyists|P. J. O’Rourke|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was a lobbyist for the American Beverage Institute from 1999 through 2005, according to federal records. The Sleazy War on the Humane Society|Center for Public Integrity|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST The lobbyist revived the subject of politics, the publican went after hot water for a punch, and the eavesdroppers slipped away. John March, Southerner|George W. Cable It could not be that she would descend to the plane of a lobbyist! A Man of Two Countries|Alice Harriman By the way, what do you think of my going there, and setting up as a lobbyist? Love in a Cloud|Arlo Bates Such knowledge as he obtains is brought to him ordinarily by a lobbyist. Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fifth general meeting of the American Library Association, 1913|Various Municipal corruption has become a byword, and the lobbyist has made his evil presence felt at the national and State capitals. The Price of a Soul|William Jennings Bryan
British Dictionary definitions for lobbyist
nouna person employed by a particular interest to lobby Derived forms of lobbyistlobbyism, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lobbyistactivist, powerbroker, mover and shaker, pressure group, influence peddler |