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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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
Lord Henry was a great electioneerer, Burrowing for boroughs like a rat or rabbit.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
I am not only the politest man, but the best electioneerer: you ought to see me shaking hands with the vibrations, the pump-handle and pendulum, the cross-cut and wiggle-waggle.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 by William Chambers
And the old, accustomed electioneerer led the way out to his work.
From Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope
As an electioneerer, I can get away with any of 'em.
From The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by George Alfred Townsend
