politician
/pɒlɪˈtɪʃ(ə)n
/noun
1A person who is professionally involved in politics, especially as a holder of an elected office: a veteran communist politician a local politician...
- We tend to elect politicians to change things, and then kick them when they do.
- Do the politicians we elect have the right to force us to live more healthily?
- They will come back with a vengeance if the politicians they have elected let them down.
Synonyms
legislator, Member of Parliament, MP, representative, minister, statesman, stateswoman, political leader, lawmaker, public servant, elected official, office-bearer;
in the US senator, congressman, congresswoman, assemblyman, assemblywoman
informal politico
North American informal pol
1.1chiefly US A person who acts in a manipulative and devious way, typically to gain advancement within an organization.
Rhymes
- discus
- discuss
- discussable
- discussant
- discusser
- discussible
- discussion
- discussional
- discussion board
- discussion forum
- discussionist
- discussion program
- discussion programme
- discussive
- discus throw
- discus thrower
- discus throwing
- discutable
- discutant
- discute
- discutient
- disc valve
- disc wheel
- disc worship
- disdain