electioneer
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
- electioneerer noun
- electioneering noun
Etymology
Origin of electioneer
Example Sentences
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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
As students at the famed University of Glasgow prepared to elect their Lord Rector,† no less a quipster than George Bernard Shaw drew his quill as an electioneer.
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
At every election precinct appeared democratic workers to electioneer for the man of their choice.
From The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Ketcham, Henry
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