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general::
noun
one who seeks personal gain:
Politicians cannot be trusted to run the government., noun
bureaucrat:
He was a politician of the old school.
Simple Definitions
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general::
noun ADJ. leading, prominent, senior | experienced, veteran a veteran politician of the left | influential | astute, clever, shrewd | corrupt | career, professional | conviction | local | left-wing, right-wing | Conservative, Labour, etc. | Opposition VERB + POLITICIAN elect | bribe
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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general::
politician
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + politician
a Labour/Republican etc politician
• Her mother was a Labour politician.
an opposition politician
(= belonging to the party that is not in power – used in some political systems )
• Opposition politicians argued that there was not enough reason to go to war.
a left-wing/right-wing politician
• He had been under attack from right-wing politicians for some time.
a leading/prominent politician
• The scandal ruined the careers of several leading politicians.
a senior politician
• Talks between senior politicians in Zagreb and Belgrade took place.
a local politician
• The plan is strongly supported by local politicians.
an elected politician
• Are the country’s elected politicians trustworthy?
popular
• He is the most popular politician in the country.
corrupt
(= one who is not honest )
• They make quiet deals with corrupt politicians.
astute/shrewd
(= one who is good at getting what he wants done )
• He proved to be an astute politician.
transnet.ir
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general::
politician
someone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the government:
• senior politicians
statesman
a political or government leader, especially one who is well-respected:
• a respected elder statesman • great statesmen like Roosevelt and Churchill • He would later describe the king as ‘one of the most brilliant statesmen I have ever been privileged to meet’.
MP/Member of Parliament
in Britain, someone who has been elected to a parliament to represent people from a particular area of the country:
• Ken Newton, MP
congressman
a man who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives:
• a Republican congressman
congresswoman
a woman who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives:
• Mrs McKinney was the state’s first black congresswoman.
senator
a member of the senate, especially in the US:
• Senator Clinton
representative
in the US, a member of the House of Representatives:
• Democratic Representatives
mayor
someone who has been elected to lead the government of a town or city:
• Boris Johnson was elected Mayor of London. • the former New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani
spin doctor
someone who is used by a political party to influence people’s opinions by cleverly controlling what is reported in the news:
• The party spin doctors would like us to believe that the government is committed to improving the environment.
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