Definitions for politician
ˌpɒl ɪˈtɪʃ ənpoliti·cian

Princeton's WordNet(3.20 / 10 votes)Rate this definition:

1. politician(noun)

   a leader engaged in civil administration

2. politician, politico, pol, political leader(noun)

   a person active in party politics

3. politician(noun)

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

Wiktionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. politician(Noun)

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

   Politicians should serve the country's interest.

2. politician(Noun)

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

   Unlike the other candidates, I'm not a politician.

3. politician(Noun)

   A politically active or interested person.

   Only real politicians are interested in this issue.

4. politician(Noun)

   A sly or ingratiating person.

   There is a politician in every office.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Politician

   A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government. Politicians propose, support and create laws or policies that govern the land and, by extension, its people. Broadly speaking, a "politician" can be anyone who seeks to achieve political power in any bureaucratic institution.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Politician(noun)

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

   Etymology: [Cf. F. politicien.]

2. Politician(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; as, a mere politician

   Etymology: [Cf. F. politicien.]

3. Politician(adj)

   cunning; using artifice; politic; artful

   Etymology: [Cf. F. politicien.]

Freebase(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Politician

   A politician, political leader, or political figure is a person who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, inheritance, coup d'état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest, divine right, or other means. Politics is not limited to governance through public office. Political offices may also be held in corporations, and other entities that are governed by self-defined political processes or can be known as freedom fighters.

Editors Contribution(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. politician

   A person with the specific and accurate ability, empathy, experience, knowledge, skills, passion, ethics, morality, sense of fairness, justness and trust with an awareness and understanding we are working together united for the collective optimum health, human rights and shared prosperity of all people in the country or nation that we serve and are focused positively on cocreating optimum health, human rights, right to life, shared prosperity for all, stability, unity government, solidarity, cohesion, animal rights, right to housing, right to education, right to be a parent, right to childcare, right to a standard of living, right to internet access, economic stability, financial stability, civil rights, equal rights, equal opportunities, employment rights, childrens rights, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, united partnership, multi-party working, community empowerment systems, equal distribution of income, wealth, fairness and justness across society, the country, europe and the world and contribute to the cocreation of global and national peace agreements, peace treaties, the universes truth and a fair, just and transparent system of checks and balances.

   Politicians listen to their electorate and action what is accurate, true, just, fair, ethical and moral in order of priority.

   Submitted by MaryC on December 31, 2019  

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'politician' in Nouns Frequency: #1037

How to pronounce politician?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of politician in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of politician in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of politician in a Sentence

1. Frans Timmermans:

   I would assume, as a politician myself, that Donald Trump is thinking about the next election and he's looking at American society. And if you see how much support there is in American society to act upon climate change, he's probably doing the math and thinking that if I want to be reelected, I have to take this seriously, that gives me hope because the people want this. Corporations in the U.S. are on the same page as we are. States are. Cities are.

2. Donald Trump:

   This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!

3. President Barack Obama:

   I don't think there's any politician at a national level -- that has not thought about being the president, and if you're sitting right next to the president in every meeting and, you know -- wrestling with these issues, I'm sure that for him he's saying to himself, 'I could do a really good job.'.

4. Joe Pounder:

   Another day, another flip-flop from Sen. Ted Cruz, only a few months ago, Sen. Cruz used his opposition to the Renewable Fuel Standard calling for it to be phased out before 2022 as a prime example of him not being a career politician. Today, he changed his position.

5. Gianluca Cattaneo:

   If convicted, he faces a minimum of 21 years in prison. Meanwhile, Cattaneo and his supporters are arguing that the chef acted in self-defense. A friend of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s former prime minister, is even arranging to pay for Cattaneo’s legal bills. Another group, led by Italian politician Matteo Salvini, is calling for lawmakers to amend self-defense laws in response to the incident. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS A dead man is never good news, but the Italian citizens stand by Mario Cattaneo, Salvini wrote in a tweet on Sunday. No judge can convict him. Cattaneo was reportedly re-opened on Sunday, but his son says the family is still reeling from the incident. We've re-opened, because one needs to start over, go forward, but our morale is very low.

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