caucus
IPA: kˈɔkʌs
noun
- A usually preliminary meeting of party members to nominate candidates for public office or delegates to be sent a nominating convention, or to confer regarding policy.
- A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.
- A political interest group by members of a legislative body.
verb
- (intransitive or transitive with with) To meet and participate in a caucus.
- (transitive) To bring into or treat in a caucus.
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Examples of "caucus" in Sentences
- She is the chairwoman of the House Democratic Caucus.
- Holland is one of the youngest members of the Liberal Caucus.
- The President of the Chamber is elected by the majority caucus.
- The caucus of the Democratic State legislators met on January 18.
- Collver and Ham formed the legislative caucus of the Unionest Party.
- He joined the caucus of the Country Party prior to the 1950 election.
- Nijjar was the chair of the Government Caucus Committee on the Economy.
- After the elections Kuyper became chair of the parliamentary caucus of the ARP.
- Brownlee quickly entrenched himself in the conservative wing of the UFA caucus.
- The Caucus organizes the Abortion Caravan, the first national feminist protest.