caucus
U.S. Politics.
a local meeting of party members to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc.
a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy.
Often Caucus . a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process: the Women's Caucus; the Black Caucus.
any group or meeting organized to further a special interest or cause.
to hold or meet in a caucus.
to bring up or hold for discussion in a caucus: The subject was caucused.
to bring together or poll in a caucus: The paper caucused its new editorial board on Friday.The chairman caucused the water pollution committee before making recommendations.
Origin of caucus
1Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use caucus in a sentence
And keep in mind that when Huckabee ran for president in 2008, he won the Iowa caucuses.
In an effort to gain early attention, he focused his attention on the Iowa precinct caucuses, which had never mattered much.
It is a linguistic wish for the same kind of campaign that catapulted Barack Obama forward from the caucuses.
The Coronation That Wants to Be a Movement: Scenes From Hillary’s Iowa Steak Fry | Ana Marie Cox | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Iowa caucuses are still nearly a year and a half away and a lot can happen in the meantime.
With 18 months to go until the 2016 Iowa caucuses, Democratic presidential hopefuls are nowhere to be found in the Hawkeye State.
Iowa Has a Phantom Democratic Presidential Candidates Problem | Ben Jacobs | July 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He became a valued and sagacious adviser in party caucuses, and a power in party conventions.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln | John G. NicolayThere were no nominating conventions; the candidates were announced by caucuses of friends.
Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama | Walter L. FlemingAlthough winning a victory at the caucuses, he fully realized having slipped down lower in the scale of morality.
The Cleverdale Mystery or, The Machine and its Wheels | W. A. WilkinsAt the caucuses held in country towns, delegates are chosen by those present without enrolling names.
The Cleverdale Mystery or, The Machine and its Wheels | W. A. WilkinsCommittee rooms were not then diverted from their legitimate use by partisan caucuses.
Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution | L. Carroll Judson
British Dictionary definitions for caucus
/ (ˈkɔːkəs) /
mainly US and Canadian
a closed meeting of the members of one party in a legislative chamber, etc, to coordinate policy, choose candidates, etc
such a bloc of politicians: the Democratic caucus in Congress
mainly US
a group of leading politicians of one party
a meeting of such a group
mainly US a local meeting of party members
British a group or faction within a larger group, esp a political party, who discuss tactics, choose candidates, etc
Australian a group of MPs from one party who meet to discuss tactics, etc
NZ a formal meeting of all Members of Parliament belonging to one political party
(intr) to hold a caucus
Origin of caucus
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for caucus
[ (kaw-kuhs) ]
A meeting of members of a political party to nominate candidates, choose convention delegates, plan campaign tactics, determine party policy, or select leaders for a legislature.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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