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politician 1. a person actively engaged in politics, esp a full-time professional member of a deliberative assembly 2. a person who is experienced or skilled in the art or science of politics, government, or administration; statesman 3. Disparaging chiefly US a person who engages in politics out of a wish for personal gain, as realized by holding a public office How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Being a slave owner and like other slave owners a politician, he was naturally an original secessionist and ardently devoted to the Southern cause. "Nay, madam," said this able woman, and truly great politician, "I must own I cannot help admiring the girl's spirit, as well as your ladyship. 1843, comments on this passage as follows: "That great patron and Coryphaeus of this tribe, Nicolo Machiavel, laid down this for a master rule in his political scheme: 'That the show of religion was helpful to the politician, but the reality of it hurtful and pernicious. |
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