How do you use Mugwump in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like politician or politico, plus the exact meaning.
Mugwump meaning
- A (male) leader; an important (male) person.
- A member of the Republican Party who declined to support the party's nominee James G. Blaine (1830–1893) during the 1884 United States presidential election, believing him to be corrupt, and instead supported the Democratic Party's candidate Grover Cleveland (1837–1908).
- A person who purports to stay aloof from party politics.
Synonyms of Mugwump
Using Mugwump
- The main meaning on this page is: A (male) leader; an important (male) person. | A member of the Republican Party who declined to support the party's nominee James G. Blaine (1830–1893) during the 1884 United States presidential election, believing him to be corrupt, and instead supported the Democratic Party's candidate Grover Cleveland (1837–1908). | A person who purports to stay aloof from party politics.
- Useful related words include: politician, politico, pol, political leader.
Context around Mugwump
- Average sentence length in these examples: 10.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mugwump
- In this selection, "mugwump" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 10.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, republicans stand out and add context to how "mugwump" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the mugwump s strikingly and too often mugwump republicans retreat. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mugwump" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mugwump
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Too often “Mugwump” Republicans retreat back into the swamp. (9 words)
The Mugwump's strikingly grounded presence on screen is indicative of philosophy. (12 words)
The Mugwump's strikingly grounded presence on screen is indicative of philosophy. (12 words)
Too often “Mugwump” Republicans retreat back into the swamp. (9 words)
Example sentences (2)
The Mugwump's strikingly grounded presence on screen is indicative of philosophy.
Too often “Mugwump” Republicans retreat back into the swamp.