jerrymander
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
jerrymander (third-person singular simple present jerrymanders, present participle jerrymandering, simple past and past participle jerrymandered)
- Alternative form of gerrymander
Noun[edit]
jerrymander (plural jerrymanders)
- Alternative form of gerrymander
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
jerrymander (plural jerrymanders)
- (British, dated) Synonym of camel spider (arachnid of the order Solifugae)
- 1935, Sir John Arthur Thomson, Biology for Everyman, page 367:
- British soldiers in Egypt used to have jerrymander fights, pitting one against another.
- 1965, J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson, Desert Life, page 31:
- My Squadron Leader's crew adopted a family of jerboas and my Troop Corporals chose a black, spider-like monster, about 3 in. long with short legs and enormous jaws, which they called a "jerrymander".
- 2009, Gary R. Mullen, “Solpugids (Solifugae)”, in Medical and Veterinary Entomology, page 401:
- They also are known by the British terms jerrymander and jerrymunglum.