noun. One who is actively involved or skilled in politics, especially one who holds a political office.

noun. One who deceives or outmaneuvers others for personal gain.

noun. One who is versed in the science of government and the art of governing; one who is skilled in politics.

noun. One who occupies himself with polities; one who devotes himself to public affairs or to the promotion of the interests of a political party; one who is practically interested in politics; in a bad sense, one who concerns himself with public affairs not from patriotism or public spirit, but for his own profit or that of his friends, or of a clique or party.

noun. A politic or crafty person; a petty and generally an unscrupulous schemer; a trickster.

Politic; using artifice.

Of or pertaining to politicians or their methods.

noun. One versed or experienced in the science of government; one devoted to politics; a statesman.

noun. One primarily devoted to his own advancement in public office, or to the success of a political party; -- used in a depreciatory sense; one addicted or attached to politics as managed by parties (see Politics, 2); a schemer; an intriguer.

adjective. Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful.

noun. One engaged in politics, especially an elected or appointed government official.

noun. Specifically, one who regards elected political office as a career.

noun. A politically active or interested person.

noun. A sly or ingratiating person.

noun. a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways

noun. a person active in party politics

noun. a leader engaged in civil administration

"With respect to the proposition that some politician is deceitful, traditional grammar suggests the division ˜Some politician/is deceitful™, with the noun ˜politician™ forming a constituent with the quantificational word."

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