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POLITICAL BOSS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does political boss mean?
• POLITICAL BOSS (noun)
The noun POLITICAL BOSS has 1 sense:
1. a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
Familiarity information: POLITICAL BOSS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
boss; party boss; political boss
Context example:
party bosses have a reputation for corruption
Hypernyms ("political boss" is a kind of...):
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
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