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caucus noun [ ˈkɔːkəs ]

• (in some US states) a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention.
• "Hawaii holds its nominating caucuses next Tuesday"
Similar: meeting, assembly, gathering, congress, conference, convention, rally, conclave, congregation, convocation, synod, council, session, parley, get-together,
• a conference of members of a legislative body who belong to a particular party or faction.
Similar: parliamentary party,
• a group within an organization or political party which meets independently to discuss strategy or tactics.
• "up to fifty caucuses met daily on conference grounds to discuss lobbying strategies"
Similar: faction, camp, bloc, group, gang, set, band, ring, party, league, cabal, camarilla, clique, coterie, junta, pressure group, ginger group, junto,

caucus verb

• hold or form a legislative caucus.
• "Republicans briefly caucused"
Origin: mid 18th century: perhaps from Algonquian cau'-cau'-as'u ‘adviser’.


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