'Lobbyist' definitions:
Definition of 'lobbyist'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer
Definition of 'Lobbyist'
From: GCIDE
- Lobbyist \Lob"by*ist\, n. A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lobbyist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- bad influence,
- big wheel,
- court,
- eminence grise,
- five-percenter,
- friend at court,
- good influence,
- gray eminence,
- heavyweight,
- hidden hand,
- influence,
- influence peddler,
- influencer,
- ingroup,
- key,
- kingmaker,
- legislative lobby,
- lobby,
- lobbyer,
- lords of creation,
- man of influence,
- manipulator,
- open sesame,
- parliamentary agent,
- powers that be,
- pressure group,
- Rasputin,
- registered lobbyist,
- sinister influence,
- special interests,
- special-interest group,
- special-interest lobby,
- Svengali,
- the Establishment,
- very important person,
- VIP,
- wheeler-dealer,
- wire-puller