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cau·cus / ˈkôkəs/ • n. (pl. -cus·es ) 1. a meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy. ∎ the members of such a body. 2. a group of people with shared concerns within a political party or larger organization. ∎ a meeting of such a group. • v. (-cused, -cus·ing) [intr.] hold or form such a group or meeting. ORIGIN: mid 18th cent. (originally U.S.): perhaps from Algonquian cau'-cau'-as'u ‘adviser.’

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caucus (U.S.) private meeting of the chiefs of a political party XVIII; in Eng. use applied from 1878 to organizations for mangaging political elections, etc. Perh. repr. an Algonquian word meaning ‘elder, adviser’.

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