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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Tam′many Hall′, - Governmenta Democratic political organization in New York City, founded in 1789 as a fraternal benevolent society (Tam′many Soci′ety)and associated esp. in the late 1800s and early 1900s with corruption and abuse of power.
- Governmentthe building in which the Tammany organization had its headquarters.
- named after Tammany (variant of Tamanen, Tammenund), 17th-century Delaware Indian chief, later facetiously canonized as patron saint of U.south, southern.
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