noun / verb
caucus
KAW-kus/ˈkɔːkəs/
A political group organized for shared deliberation.
Party supporters gather in a caucus to discuss their preferred candidate.
Etymology
The word is recorded for private political meetings in New England, but its origin is uncertain. Suggested origins include an Algonquian word for an adviser and the name of a Boston political club.
In context
a caucus is once again just a meeting where people will select or vote on the person they would like to run for office
More examples
- The environmental caucus meets before the vote.
- The delegates caucus privately to agree on a strategy.
- She joins the legislative caucus focused on rural issues.
Forms
caucus · caucuses · caucused · caucusing · caucussed · caucussing
Similar words
- committee
- Usually an appointed group with a defined task.
- convention
- Usually a larger formal political or organizational gathering.