Definition of caucus Caucus
/kɔˈkʌs/ - [kokus] - cau•cus
We found 11 definitions of caucus from 7 different sources.
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What does caucus mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: caucuses |
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| caucus - a closed political meeting | ||
| group meeting, meeting the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" | ||
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| caucus - meet to select a candidate or promote a policy | ||
| foregather, forgather, assemble, gather, meet create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- caucus (Noun)
A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting. - caucus (Noun)
A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party. - caucus (Verb)
To meet and participate in caucus.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- caucus (n.)
A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting. - caucus (v. i.)
To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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caucus
A colleection of persons that were assigend a specific task, most often for a predetermined time, or to be completed within a given time frame, that is to find or determine something, make decisions, or steer towards a settlement that other are looking for and/or are going to use.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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caucus
kaw′kus, n. a private meeting of political wire-pullers to agree upon candidates to be proposed for an ensuing election, or to fix the business to be laid before a general meeting of their party: applied loosely to any influential committee in a constituency. [Ety. dub.; perh. John Smith's Algonkin word Caw-cawaassough, an adviser; perh. a corr. of 'caulkers' meetings.']
Wikipedia 
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A caucus is basically a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement. Caucuses are slightly different in different countries.
In the United States, in some states, such as Iowa, political parties have a caucus to choose presidential nominees for their parties.
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