caucus

English

Etymology

Unknown One possibility is Algonquin caucauasu (“counselor, elder, adviser”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɔː.kəs/
• Rhymes: -ɔːkəs
• (US) IPA: /ˈkɔ(ː).kəs/, /ˈkɒ(ː).kəs/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈkɑ(ː).kəs/

Noun

caucus (plural caucuses)

1. (US) 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.
2. (Canada) A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.

Translations

A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party

Norwegian: nominasjonsmøte (no) Russian: партийное собрание (ru) (partíjnoje sobránije) n.

Derived terms

terms derived from caucus (noun)

caucus race

Translations

• Portuguese: bancada (in parliament); corrente, tendência (within a party)

Verb

caucus (third-person singular simple present caucuses, present participle caucusing, simple past and past participle caucused)

1. To meet and participate in caucus.
   • 2006, Associated Press, (reprinted in the Boston Globe) [1], November 13,

     "Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut said yesterday that he will caucus with Senate Democrats in the new Congress, but he would not rule out switching to the Republican caucus if he starts to feel uncomfortable among Democrats."

See also

• Caucus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

caucus

1. a drinking vessel

Descendants

• Romanian: cauc