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MUGWUMP

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 956 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MUGWUMP , in See also:

American See also:political See also:slang, a name applied to any See also:independent voter, and especially to those See also:independents in the Republican party who refused to support See also:James G. See also:Blaine, when nominated by that party for the See also:presidency in 1884; as since adopted in See also:England it usually means one who stays neutral and votes for no party. Originally " mugwump " (mogkiomp) was a See also:North American See also:Indian word, in the Massachusett See also:dialect of the Algonquian, meaning " See also:great See also:man " (mogki, great; omp, man); and in New England it was used of self-conceited politicians.

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