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lobbyist

[ lob-ee-ist ]

/ ˈlɒb i ɪst /

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noun

a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest; a member of a lobby.

Origin of lobbyist

First recorded in 1940–45; lobby + -ist

OTHER WORDS FROM lobbyist

lob·by·ism, noun

Words nearby lobbyist

lobate, lobation, lobber, lobby, lobbygow, lobbyist, lobe, lobe-finned fish, lobectomy, lobed, lobelia

Example sentences from the Web for lobbyist

Lobbyist Lloyd Hand, a former aide to Lyndon Johnson, flitted from conversation to conversation.

Kissy-Face The Nation: Washington’s Power Elite Smooch Bob Schieffer |Lloyd Grove |November 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The term “lobbyist” supposedly was coined during the well-corrupted (and well-soaked) presidency of Ulysses S. Grant.

Up to a Point: In Defense of Lobbyists |P. J. O’Rourke |October 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I moved to Washington in 1988 with the folk etymology of lobbyist firmly in mind.

Up to a Point: In Defense of Lobbyists |P. J. O’Rourke |October 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But first I went to Washington to talk to a lobbyist friend.

Up to a Point: In Defense of Lobbyists |P. J. O’Rourke |October 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

He was a lobbyist for the American Beverage Institute from 1999 through 2005, according to federal records.

The Sleazy War on the Humane Society |Center for Public Integrity |August 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The lobbyist revived the subject of politics, the publican went after hot water for a punch, and the eavesdroppers slipped away.

John March, Southerner |George W. Cable
It could not be that she would descend to the plane of a lobbyist!

A Man of Two Countries |Alice Harriman
By the way, what do you think of my going there, and setting up as a lobbyist?

Love in a Cloud |Arlo Bates
Such knowledge as he obtains is brought to him ordinarily by a lobbyist.

Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fifth general meeting of the American Library Association, 1913 |Various
Municipal corruption has become a byword, and the lobbyist has made his evil presence felt at the national and State capitals.

The Price of a Soul |William Jennings Bryan

British Dictionary definitions for lobbyist

lobbyist

/ (ˈlɒbɪɪst) /

noun

a person employed by a particular interest to lobby

Derived forms of lobbyist

lobbyism, noun