LOBBYIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lobbyist mean? 

• LOBBYIST (noun)
  The noun LOBBYIST has 1 sense:

1. someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer

  Familiarity information: LOBBYIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOBBYIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lobbyist" is a kind of...):

inducer; persuader (someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on)

Derivation:

lobby (an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying)

lobby (detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors)

 Context examples 

The reactions of the lobbyists are quite telling.

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