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  • noun In French history, a member of a party, formed soon after the massacre of St. Bartholomew (1572), which aimed at the reconciliation of the Huguenots and the Catholics.

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  • adjective Obsolete form of politic.
  • noun A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled.

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From Middle French politique.

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