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A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect.
Horace Porter

Meaning of "mugwump" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MUGWUMP

From Algonquian: great chief, from mogki great + -omp man.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MUGWUMP

mugwump  [ˈmʌɡˌwʌmp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUGWUMP

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mugwump is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MUGWUMP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Mugwump

The Mugwumps were Republican political activists who bolted from the United States Republican Party by supporting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the United States presidential election of 1884. They switched parties because they rejected the financial corruption associated with Republican candidate James G. Blaine. In a close election, the Mugwumps supposedly made the difference in New York state and swung the election to Cleveland. The jocular word mugwump, noted as early as 1832, is from Algonquian mugquomp, "important person, kingpin" implying that they were "sanctimonious" or "holier-than-thou," in holding themselves aloof from party politics. After the election, mugwump survived for more than a decade as an epithet for a party bolter in American politics. Many Mugwumps became Democrats or remained independents; most continued to support reform well into the 20th century. During the Third Party System, party loyalty was in high regard and independents were rare.

Definition of mugwump in the English dictionary

The definition of mugwump in the dictionary is a neutral or independent person, esp in politics.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUGWUMP


bump
bʌmp
clump
klʌmp
crump
krʌmp
dump
dʌmp
gump
ɡʌmp
high-jump
ˈhaɪˌdʒʌmp
hump
hʌmp
jump
dʒʌmp
lump
lʌmp
plump
plʌmp
pump
pʌmp
rump
rʌmp
slump
slʌmp
stump
stʌmp
sump
sʌmp
thump
θʌmp
trump
trʌmp
tump
tʌmp
ump
ʌmp
whump
wʌmp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUGWUMP

mugful
mugga
muggar
mugged
muggee
mugger
muggier
muggiest
muggily
mugginess
mugging
muggins
muggle
muggur
muggy
Mughal
mugwort
mugwumpery
mugwumpish
mugwumpism

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUGWUMP

air pump
bicycle pump
breast pump
broad jump
fist bump
fuel pump
gas pump
heat pump
high jump
long jump
on the jump
on the stump
parachute jump
petrol pump
refuse dump
suction pump
the black stump
the high jump
the lump
vacuum pump

Synonyms and antonyms of mugwump in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mugwump» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUGWUMP

Find out the translation of mugwump to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mugwump from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mugwump» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mugwump
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mugwump
570 millions of speakers

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mugwump
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mugwump
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

mugwump
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Mugwump
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mugwump
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মস্ত লোক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mugwump
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mugwump
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mugwump
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mugwump
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mugwump
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mugwump
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

quan to
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தன்னைத்தானே வெகு உயர்வாக எண்ணிக் கொள்பவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मॉगवम्प
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

asi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pezzo grosso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mugwump
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Mugwump
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mugwump
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

mugwump
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

belangrike persoon
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

mugwump
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Mugwump
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mugwump

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUGWUMP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mugwump

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QUOTES WITH «MUGWUMP»

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Horace Porter
A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUGWUMP»

Discover the use of mugwump in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mugwump and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Blood of Mugwump: A Tiresian Tale of Incest
None of this autobiographical fragment is in Rice's original words. In Blood of Mugwump Rice cannibalizes the likes of Joyce, Faulkner, Burroughs, Eliot, and a whole host of dead angelic others.
Doug Rice, 1996
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Mugwumps, Morals, & Politics, 1884-1920
During the 1890s some of the central figures in the Mugwump movement adopted an activist approach to social reform that would hardly have been recognizable as mugwumpery to the orthodox liberal of the previous decade. This activism ...
Gerald W. McFarland, 1975
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The Day of the Mugwump
Examines the independent reformers and citizen groups, their organization, techniques, and effect on the politics of big cities.
Lorin Peterson, 1961
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Come Get Some
Peace studied Mugwump a moment. “That's all right, though, “Mugwump continued. “I don't need no light to see you. You one of them brothers that see the dollars and nothing else. Don't really care about anything else or anybody else.
Nane Quartay, 2008
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The Villian Wore a Dirty Shirt
LlTTLE LAVANlA: No, because she's in love with the sheriff, and all he can do is mumble and drool. (MRS. MUGWUMP ENTERS FORESTAGE from DOWN LEFT. She carries a gasoline can in one hand. Looks fearsome.) MRS. MUGWUMP: ...
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William James, Public Philosopher
character," which he believed was trained by sober judgment, healthy traditions, and strenuous physical exercise.20 James also appears to have Mugwump sympathies in his private correspondence when he reveals the class prejudices that ...
George Cotkin, 1994
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Adaptations: From Text to Screen, Screen to Text
One of the defectors, a lawyer, said, 'I just can't have my clients see me sucking on a Mugwump teat,' and fled. One visitor who thoroughly enjoyed his encounter with a Mugwump, however, was Burroughs. 'I was impressed with the Mugwump  ...
Deborah Cartmell, Imelda Whelehan, 2013
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Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews
New York Mail and Express: “I've been a mugwump these many years,” he said. “ I am a mugwump now. I shall be a mugwump until I die—and afterward. It is the only entirely respectable party that ever existed. . . . I understand that I am the ...
Gary Scharnhorst, 2006
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Wash Your Troubles Away or Dirty Deeds Come Clean
MUGWUMP ENTERS LEFT. She's a raging dragon. Fiercely overprotective of PHlNEAS. With her is a waif, LlTTLE LAVANlA. A pathetic-looking child who is forever wiping the tip of her nose with the back of her hand. Dressed in rags, dirty face ...
Tim J. Kelly, 1994
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Mark Twain Speaking
Aided by good speakers like Carl Schurz and George William Curtis, the militant independents were articulate, and they stirred up enough dust to disturb party line Republicans. When a Mugwump rally, Mark Twain presiding, whooped things ...
Paul Fatout, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUGWUMP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mugwump is used in the context of the following news items.
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Coming up with clever/pun home brew names
There is no special beer-related inspiration here, but since you said that birds can be a category, how about Mugwump IPA. (We've all heard ... «BeerAdvocate.com, Jul 15»
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1000 programs, 30000 people, and an owl named Boris
Mr Mugwump posted at 8:07 pm on Mon, Jul 20, 2015. Mr Mugwump Posts: 5. RIP Boris, and thanks to Sarah DeLone for sharing him with the ... «The Herald-Times, Jul 15»
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Live-trapping skunks is the most effective way of removing them
A red-tailed hawk perched uneasily on a utility wire running above the chicory. The raptor was a mugwump. Its mug was on one side of the wire ... «Albert Lea Tribune, Jul 15»
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Author turns to crowdsourcing
Welcome to the buffalope, the two-headed mugwump, and the meadowsnark, a bird that insists it's not really all that grumpy in the morning. «Simcoe Reformer, Jul 15»
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Collecting - The Clark Nova Express: Horror Fanzines, the Mimeo …
For example Wet Paint #34 presented an article on Naked Lunch along with an image of a Mugwump on its cover. I have been unable to locate a copy quickly. «ILAB, Jul 15»
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RTRFM Announce Annual Radiothon Fundraising Drive And …
You'll be able to catch the best talent WA has to offer, from the likes of The Love Junkies, Pat Chow, Mugwump, Rat Columns, Red Jezebel, ... «theMusic, Jul 15»
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Ice cream van bursts into flames in Ilkeston - watch the dramatic …
Profile image for mugwump · mugwump | May 21 2015, 1:06PM. The folks watching Just about sums Ilkeston up. | -23. Report. Profile image for ... «Derby Telegraph, May 15»
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On campus June 29-July 1 Don't miss LSC-CyFair's Summer …
Come enjoy Lone Star College-CyFair's children summer comedy “A Mugwump, Some Flim-Flams, and a Dumb Cluck” on stage for only three ... «Your Houston News, May 15»
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Do you have a noisy dog? 140 complaints made to Derbyshire …
Mugwump you are so correct when people claiming to order a dog to attack ... Profile image for mugwump · mugwump | May 18 2015, 7:52PM. «Derby Telegraph, May 15»
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Moseley: Farewell, Emmett, from a mugwump
He would call you a mugwump one minute, then pat you on the back the next. "Colorful" doesn't begin to describe Em the Gem. This was the ... «CT Post, May 15»

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