Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that serves a specified term.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who travels to attend a court term; formerly, one who resorted to London in term time for dishonest practices or for intrigues—the court terms being times of great resort to London both for business and for pleasure.
- noun In law, same as
termor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like.
- noun (Law) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
- noun obsolete One who resorted to
London during the law term only, in order to practise tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who serves a specified term
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Examples
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He's an obvious one termer, which is a good thing since he seems to have an adolescent's appreciation of capitalism, free trade, free markets, and American military power and what it has achieved.
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Knowing the President is most likely a one termer is promising news.
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The second term Giulliani was a shell of the first termer.
Government Overgrowth, II, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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A strong president — and that's the only kind that gets re-elected — does not allow himself to be pushed around by special interests, including the "pro-Israel" lobby which will do everything it can to make him a one-termer.
MJ Rosenberg: Israel Lobby's Last Minute GOP Push MJ Rosenberg 2010
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Among the losers was Rep. Tom Perriello, a first-termer from Virginia for whom Obama campaigned just before the election.
Republicans Win Control Of The House By DAVID ESPO 2010
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He will be a 1 termer and his legacy will be viewed as a BIG MISTAKE.
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Lets hope Barry is a one-termer and that he seats No Supreme Court Justices.
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One termer for sure, may go down as worse than Carter, no easy task.
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Lets hope Barry is a one-termer and that he seats No Supreme Court Justices.
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Jay, I am willing to bet you a bagel-right here, right now, that Obama is a one-termer … let me know about the bet.
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