Definitions for caucuses

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caucuses cau·cus

Spelling: [kaw-kuh s]

IPA: /ˈkɔ kəs/

Caucuses is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in caucuses (accessuu).

Definitions for caucuses

noun

1. U.S. Politics. a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc. a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy. (often initial capital letter) a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process:
2. any group or meeting organized to further a special interest or cause.
3. U.S. Politics. a meeting of party leaders to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc. a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy. (often initial capital letter) a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process:
4. any group or meeting organized to further a special interest or cause.

verb (used with object)

1. to bring up or hold for discussion in a caucus:
2. to bring up or hold for discussion in a caucus:

verb (used without object)

1. to hold or meet in a caucus.
2. to hold or meet in a caucus.

Origin of caucuses

1755-65, Americanism; apparently first used in the name of the Caucus Club of colonial Boston; perhaps Medieval Latin caucus drinking vessel, Late Latin caucum Greek kaûkos; alleged Virginia

Examples for caucuses

Now, the Memphis congressman is one of only a handful of white Southerners in his caucus and the once Solid South is deep red.

What on earth a lot of young ones want with a 'caucus,' beats me.

It is felt in every caucus, in every nominating convention and at every election.

Pat Robertson finished second in the 1988 Iowa caucus, and it was all downhill from there.

On June 18, 1971, the caucus threw its inaugural dinner at the Dunbar Hotel.

Both are considered marginal figures in the House GOP caucus and have no real base of support for their respective bids.

Governor Tompkins was the choice of the caucus for Vice-President.

Their names therefore were presented to the Republican caucus in the spring of 1898.

The only bear-gardens in our community are the town-meeting and the caucus.

The House caucus appears to be far more populist, feisty, and ready to push the debate on economic issues than it has in the past.

And keep in mind that when Huckabee ran for president in 2008, he won the Iowa caucuses.

caucuses they have had, it seems, and caucuses they are to have again,—victory and defeat.

On the eve of the caucuses the war of the factions waxed hot.

Unlike a primary, caucuses for Democrats in Iowa have viability thresholds.

It is a linguistic wish for the same kind of campaign that catapulted Barack Obama forward from the caucuses.

From that time on, there were meetings and caucuses and primaries every night.

caucuses, insulated with intrigue and corruption, were then unknown.

With 18 months to go until the 2016 Iowa caucuses, Democratic presidential hopefuls are nowhere to be found in the Hawkeye State.

In fact, even the deliberations of the workmen's caucuses must have been known to Gage.

The Iowa caucuses are still nearly a year and a half away and a lot can happen in the meantime.