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
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
The other candidate, Mr. Molyneux, was still more formidable; not as an electioneerer, but as a man of talents and unimpeached integrity, which had been successfully exerted in the service of his country.
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
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
