Meaning caucus
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Members of parliament who are in Cabinet or who support government
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meet to select a candidate or promote a policy Representative Ron Paul of Texas isn’t campaigning in Florida, instead focusing on Maine, which will caucus in late February. — BusinessWeek (Feb 1, 2012 [..]
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From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the House or the Senate, or both, that exists to discuss issues of mutual conce [..]
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A closed meeting of members of a political party or faction. Also the term for a group of people within an establishment with a common political leaning. In Australia the term is used to describe the parliamentary members of the ALP.
Source: democracy.org.au (offline)

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From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of Members of the House or the Senate, or both, that exists to discuss issues of mutu [..]
Source: thecapitol.net

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1850, from caucus (n.), but caucusing is attested from 1788.
Source: etymonline.com

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"private meeting of party leaders," 1763, American English (New England), perhaps from an Algonquian word caucauasu "counselor, elder, adviser" in the dialect of Virginia, or from [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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    Meeting of a group of legislators called on the basis of party affiliation or other interest. Caucuses are usually closed to staff, the media, and the public.
Source: legislature.mi.gov (offline)

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1. the meeting of the parliamentary members of a political party 2. the members of Parliament belonging to a particular political party, used particularly in relation to the Australian Labor Party
Source: aph.gov.au

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permanent group in a political party; U.S. caucus = G.B. ad hoc planning meeting of a group in a political party
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n. A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.
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A meeting of legislators of any one party to discuss parliamentary strategy and party policy. Back to top
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An informal meeting of local party members to discuss candidates and choose delegates to the party's convention.
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Comité de Dirigentes
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A group of Senators and Members of Parliament from the same political party.
Source: lop.parl.gc.ca (offline)

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In party elections, a small neighborhood meeting where citizens meet to discuss issues and elect representatives to the next level of caucuses and conventions. The original purpose of caucuses was to [..]
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An interest group within a political faction or party, legislative body, or organization formed (sometimes spontaneously) to address an immediate need for action on a given issue or series of related [..]
Source: abc-clio.com

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A collective term for all members from the same political party. A caucus meets regularly in private to consider party matters.
Source: parliament.nz

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A caucus is a meeting at the local level in which registered members of a political party in a city, town or county gather to express support for candidates. For statewide or national offices, those recommendations are combined to determine the state party nominee. The term also is used to describe a group of elected officials with a common goal th [..]
Source: iipdigital.usembassy.gov (offline)

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An informal meeting of a group of the members; most commonly based on political party affiliation, but may have other bases, such as gender, race, geographic location or specific issue.
Source: ncsl.org

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The process by which Americans are quadrennially reminded of Iowa's existence.
Source: theonion.com

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A meeting of members of a body who belong to the same political party.
Source: app.leg.wa.gov (offline)

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A face-to-face meeting of party members for selecting delegates to a state or national nominating convention.
Source: ussc.edu.au (offline)

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an informal meeting at which potential voters and candidates (or their representatives) talk about the issues and their preferred candidate, and then decide which candidate they support and which delegates to send to their political party's convention. Not every US state has caucuses.
Source: charmeck.org (offline)

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a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy caucus vi
Source: dictionary.findlaw.com

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(1)A closed meeting of the legislators of one political party. (2) A group of legislators who meet formally because of their interest in specific issues (e.g., Rural Caucus, Women’s Caucus, Latino Cau [..]
Source: leginfo.ca.gov

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All the elected members from one party; private meeting of the parliamentary members of a party.
Source: ontla.on.ca (offline)

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A group of persons who have joined together to devise policies and positions appropriate to the concerns of the group and who jointly act to advocate for that group and to influence larger entities to [..]
Source: umc.org

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 Caucus is a meeting of the members of parliament who belong to a particular party (as in, the Liberal caucus, the NDP caucus).  Meetings of caucus—which are usually held in private—may discuss a wide range of topics of concern to party members, including the policies to be followed by the party and parliamentary tactics.  Caucus meetings are an im [..]
Source: democracy.arts.ubc.ca (offline)

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A caucus may refer to several related concepts. The term caucus may refer to a meeting of the local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences [..]
Source: definitions.uslegal.com

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A group composed of all Members of a given party or representatives of different parties meeting to discuss or reach consensus on matters before the House or in committee.
Source: parliament.gov.gy

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(n) a closed political meeting(v) meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
Source: beedictionary.com

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N M drinking vessel; cruet (Ecc)
Source: latin-dictionary.org (offline)

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A meeting of citizens in America to agree upon what members they intend to support, and to concert measures for carrying out their political wishes. The word arose from the caulkers of Boston, who had [..]
Source: bartleby.com

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Web conferencing for departments, classes, groups, clubs or for SFU-wide discussions.
Source: sfu.ca

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"Caucus" is used as both a noun and a verb. A caucus, n., is a group of people who share something in common (e.g. they are members of the same political party, such as the Senate Republican [..]
Source: oregonlaws.org

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(US) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding [..]
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