CAUCUS

Caucus

A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement. The term originated in the United States, but has spread to Australia, Canada and New Zealand. As the use of the term has been expanded, the exact definition has come to vary among political cultures.

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caucus

Noun

  1. 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. A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.

Verb

  1. To meet and participate in caucus.


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