electioneer

American  

[ih-lek-shuh-neer] / ɪˌlɛk ʃəˈnɪər /

verb (used without object)

1. to work for the success of a particular candidate, party, ticket, etc., in an election.

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electioneer British  

/ ɪˌlɛkʃəˈnɪə /

verb

1. to be active in a political election or campaign

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noun

1. a person who engages in this activity

Other Word Forms

• electioneerer noun
• electioneering noun

Etymology

Origin of electioneer

First recorded in 1780–90; election + -eer

Example Sentences

He embraced new words like electioneer and snack, repurposed old words like congress, and included slang like ain’t.

From Time • May 12, 2015

While employers can electioneer among their employees with near impunity under federal law, some state laws do place curbs or prohibitions on the practice.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2014

There were, just as certainly, some others: a reluctance to electioneer against his commander-in-chief, an unwillingness to part company with his old mentor George Marshall, a distaste for the roughhouse of campaign politics.

From Time Magazine Archive

The election was for the local Diet, but Chancellor Heinrich Bruning of all Germany went out to electioneer against the Fascists.

From Time Magazine Archive

I made the people believe that I felt highly honored by my mission to electioneer for a prophet of God.

From The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite by Lewis, Alfred Henry

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