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Definition of 'wonk'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (Slang.) wonk
a student who studies intensively; grind.

2. wonk
a person who studies a subject or issue in an excessively assiduous and thorough manner:
a policy wonk.

Etymology: (1960–65, Amer.; of uncert. orig.)

Definition of 'wonk'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) swot, grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

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