mugwump
[ muhg-wuhmp ]
/ ˈmʌgˌwʌmp /
noun
a Republican who refused to support the party nominee, James G. Blaine, in the presidential campaign of 1884.
a person who is unable to make up his or her mind on an issue, especially in politics; a person who is neutral on a controversial issue.
Origin of mugwump
1830–35,
Americanism; artificial 19th-cent. revival of Massachusett (E spelling)
mugquomp, syncopated form of
muggumquomp war leader (equivalent to Proto-Algonquian
*memekw- perhaps, swift +
*-a·pe·w man)
OTHER WORDS FROM mugwump
mug·wump·er·y, mug·wump·ism, noun mug·wump·i·an, adjective mug·wump·ish, adjectiveWords nearby mugwump
muggins,
muggy,
mughal,
mugho pine,
mugwort,
mugwump,
muhajirun,
muhammad,
muhammad ahmed,
muhammad ali,
muhammad ghori
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British Dictionary definitions for mugwump
mugwump
/ (ˈmʌɡˌwʌmp) /
noun
US
a neutral or independent person, esp in politics
Derived forms of mugwump
mugwumpery or mugwumpism, noun mugwumpish, adjectiveWord Origin for mugwump
C19: from Algonquian: great chief, from
mogki great +
-omp man