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Definition: Mugwump |
MugwumpNoun1. Someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884. 2. A neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Mugwump" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1903. (references) |
Note: Mugwump \Mug"wump`\, noun. [Compare to Algonquin mugquomp chief.]. (references) |
"Mugwump" is a common misspelling or typo for: magnum. |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of contempt. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Literature | Mugwump (A). A word borrowed from the Algonquin, meaning one who acts and thinks independently. In Eliot's Indian Bible the word "centurion" in the Acts is rendered mugwump. Those who refuse to follow the dictum of a caucus are called in the United States mugwumps. The chief of the Indians of Esopus is entitled the Mugwump. Turncoats are mugwumps, and all political Pharisees whose party vote cannot be relied on. " `I suppose I am a political mugwump,' said the Englishman. `Not yet,' replied Mr. Reed. `You will be when you have returned to your allegiance.' "- The Liverpool Echo, July 19th, 1886. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: MugwumpSynonym: independent (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Tergiversation | Turn coat, turn tippet; rat, apostate, renegade; convert, pervert; proselyte, deserter; backslider; blackleg, crawfish, scab, mugwump, recidivist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mugwump |
| Specialty definitions using "Mugwump": Mugwump Press. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The mugwump mabille. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | "Solid South" tiger standing over "the spoils" dead deer while "mugwump" donkey, "labor vote" ox, and "prohibitionist" bird look on. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mugwump | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "Mugwump"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i pavarur (detached, freelance, independent, irrespective, non party, non-partisan, self contained, self sufficient, self-determined, self-sufficing, self-supporting, substantive, unattached, unbound). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | големец (bashaw, higher-up, nabob, nob), важна клечка (big pot, big wheel, bigwig, kingpin, nibs, nob, panjandrum, pot), неутрален (indifferent, middle-of-the-road, neuter, neutral), независим (autonomous, coordinate, free, freelance, independent, self sufficient, sovereign, substantive, uncommitted). (various references) | |
Czech | boss (chief, guv). (various references) | |
Greek | ψηφοφόροσ όχι πάντα πιστόσ στο κόμμα. (various references) | |
Hungarian | nagyfejû (big-headed, heavy-headed, macrocephalous, mandarin, panjandrum). (various references) | |
Italian | pezzo grosso (big shot, panjandrum), persona che si ritiene molto importante. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ugwumpmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mandachuva (big shot, bigwig, kingfish, panjandrum, sachem, swell), magnata (king, magnate, tycoon), pessoa importante (big shot, bigwig, important person, kingfish, notable, very important person, vip). (various references) | |
Russian | влиятельное лицо (person of consequence, person of influence). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vanpartijac. (various references) | |
Spanish | votante independiente. (various references) | |
Swedish | politisk vilde (maverick). (various references) | |
Turkish | kendini beğenmiş (arrogant, assuming, bighead, bigheaded, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, cocky, conceited, egotistical, haughty, high hat, high-flown, high-flying, hoity toity, hoity-toity, holier-than-thou, important, insufferable, jackanapes, jumped-up, overweening, pompous, pretentious, prig, priggish, self sufficient, self-important, self-opinionated, self-righteous, smug, Sniffy, snooty, snotty, stuck up, stuffed shirt, stuffy, supercilious, swelled head, swollen-headed, taffy-nosed, toffee-nosed, toffy-nosed, uppish, uppity, upstage, vain), bağımsız üye, asi (beat, contumacious, disobedient, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectional, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, mutineer, mutinous, rebel, rebellious, rioter, seditious, ungovernable, unruly, unsubmissive, wayward). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | велеке цабе, впливова особа (in, influence, overling). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Mugwump": mugwumps. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-m-m-p-u-u-w" | |
-3 letters: mump, mumu. | |
-4 letters: gum, mug, mum, pug, umm, ump. | |
-5 letters: mm, mu, um, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-m-m-p-u-u-w" | |
+1 letter: mugwumps. | |
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