'Caucus' definitions:
Definition of 'caucus'
From: WordNet
noun
A closed political meeting
verb
Meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
Definition of 'Caucus'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Caucus'
From: GCIDE
- Caucus \Cau"cus\, n. [Etymology uncertain. Mr. J. H. Trumbull finds the origin of caucus in the N. A. Indian word cawcawwassough or ca['u] cau-as'u one who urges or pushes on, a promoter. See citation for an early use of the word 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. [1913 Webster]
- This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. --John Adams's Diary [Feb., 1763]. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'caucus'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assemblee,
- assembly,
- assignation,
- at home,
- ball,
- brawl,
- breakaway group,
- by-election,
- camp,
- closed primary,
- colloquium,
- commission,
- committee,
- conclave,
- concourse,
- congregation,
- congress,
- congressional caucus,
- congressional election,
- contested election,
- conventicle,
- convention,
- convocation,
- council,
- dance,
- date,
- diet,
- direct primary,
- division,
- eisteddfod,
- election,
- ethnic group,
- faction,
- festivity,
- fete,
- forgathering,
- forum,
- gathering,
- general election,
- gerrymander,
- get-together,
- housewarming,
- interest,
- interest group,
- levee,
- mandatory primary,
- meet,
- meeting,
- minority group,
- nonpartisan primary,
- offshoot,
- open primary,
- optional primary,
- packed caucus,
- panel,
- partisan election,
- party,
- plenum,
- political party,
- politicize,
- preference primary,
- presidential election,
- presidential preference primary,
- presidential primary,
- pressure group,
- primary,
- primary election,
- prom,
- quorum,
- rally,
- reception,
- referendum,
- rendezvous,
- runoff,
- runoff election,
- runoff primary,
- seance,
- secret caucus,
- sect,
- session,
- shindig,
- side,
- silent majority,
- sit-in,
- sitting,
- soiree,
- splinter,
- splinter group,
- symposium,
- synod,
- turnout,
- vocal minority,
- wing