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TAMMANY SOCIETY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tammany Society mean?
• TAMMANY SOCIETY (noun)
The noun TAMMANY SOCIETY has 1 sense:
1. a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
Familiarity information: TAMMANY SOCIETY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Tammany; Tammany Hall; Tammany Society
Hypernyms ("Tammany Society" is a kind of...):
organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)
Holonyms ("Tammany Society" is a part of...):
Democratic Party (the older of two major political parties in the United States)
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