/powˈlz/ - [powlz] -
We found 3 definitions of pols from 2 different sources.
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pol - a person active in party politics | ||
politician, politico, political leader | ||
leader a person who rules or guides or inspires others | ||
campaigner, nominee, candidate a politician who is running for public office | ||
communist a socialist who advocates communism | ||
demagog, demagogue, rabble-rouser a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices | ||
democrat an advocate of democratic principles | ||
federalist an advocate of federalism | ||
labourite a member of the British Labour Party | ||
machine politician, political hack, ward-heeler, hack a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends | ||
mugwump a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) | ||
noncandidate someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office | ||
party boss, political boss, boss a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments; "party bosses have a reputation for corruption" | ||
party liner, party man a member of a political party who follows strictly the party line | ||
republican a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas | ||
sachem a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) | ||
socialist a political advocate of socialism | ||
standard-bearer an outstanding leader of a political movement | ||
national leader, solon, statesman a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs | ||
technocrat an advocate of technocracy | ||
whig a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War | ||
grigori aleksandrovich potemkin, grigori potemkin, grigori potyokin, potemkin, potyokin a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791) |