mugwump

mug·wump

M0468100 (mŭg′wŭmp′)n.1. A person who acts independently or remains neutral, especially in politics.2. often Mugwump A Republican who bolted the party in 1884, refusing to support presidential candidate James G. Blaine.

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[Massachusett mugguomp, mummugguomp, war leader.]

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mug′wump′er·y n.

mugwump

(ˈmʌɡˌwʌmp) n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US a neutral or independent person, esp in politics[C19: from Algonquian: great chief, from mogki great + -omp man] ˈmugˌwumpery, ˈmugˌwumpism n ˈmugˌwumpish adj

mug•wump

(ˈmʌgˌwʌmp)

n. 1. a Republican who refused to support the party nominee, James G. Blaine, in the presidential campaign of 1884. 2. a person who takes an independent position. [1830–35, Amer.; artificial 19th-century revival of Massachusett (E sp.) mugquomp, syncopated form of muggumquomp war leader]

mugwump

A person who remains independent or neutral in politics.

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Noun	1.	Mugwump - someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884pol, political leader, politico, politician - a person active in party politics
	2.	mugwump - a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)fencesitter, independentpolitical science, politics, government - the study of government of states and other political unitsindividualist - a person who pursues independent thought or action

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