electioneer
verb (used without object)
to work for the success of a particular candidate, party, ticket, etc., in an election.
electioneerer
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a word derived from
electioneer.
Example Sentences
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It had lain there fifteen years, since the electioneerer had stuck it there as easily as one might place it on a table.
From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Henry Llewellyn Williams
He was a great electioneerer, as befitted times when the claims of two rival dynasties virtually met upon the hustings, and he took a prominent part in the great Yorkshire contest of the year 1734.
From Sterne by H. D. (Henry Duff) Traill
As an electioneerer, I can get away with any of 'em.
From The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by George Alfred Townsend
Sir Hyacinth O'Brien," said he, "as capital an electioneerer as you are, I'll engage I'll find one that shall outdo you here.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 02 by Maria Edgeworth
There was no place for the vulgar electioneerer or impudent place-hunter.
From Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Benson John Lossing
