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1. (n.) caucus
a meeting of the members of a political party to select candidates or convention delegates, determine policy, etc.
2. caucus
a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process:
the black caucus.
3. caucus
any group or meeting organized to further a special interest or cause.
4. (v.i.) caucus
to hold or meet in a caucus.
Etymology: (1755–65, Amer.; appar. first used by the Caucus Club of colonial Boston)
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| Definition of 'caucus' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) caucus
a closed political meeting
2. (verb) caucus
meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
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| Definition of 'caucus' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) caucus
a meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting
2. (verb) caucus
to hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses
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| Definitions of 'caucus' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. caucus
a preliminary private meeting to arrange and agree on some measure or course to propose at a general meeting of a political party.
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