Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A petty politician; a pretender to political knowledge or influence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A petty politician; a pretender in politics.
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- noun A
petty politician .
Etymologies
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From Italian politicastro, from politico + -astro ("diminutive suffix")
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Examples
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These were so continuously misleading and disingenuous that the lawyer politicaster who played such a rôle at Paris seemed despicable to the soldiery, and "rogue of a lawyer" was almost synonymous to the military mind with place-holder and civil ruler.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) William Milligan Sloane 1889
whichbe commented on the word politicaster
A petty politician; a pretender in politics.
May 12, 2008
dontcry commented on the word politicaster
See also politiposer.
May 12, 2008