- pol
- nouna person active in party politics• Syn: ↑politician, ↑politico, ↑political leader• Derivationally related forms: ↑politics (for: ↑politician)• Hypernyms: ↑leader• Hyponyms:↑campaigner, ↑candidate, ↑nominee, ↑Communist, ↑demagogue, ↑demagog, ↑rabble-rouser, ↑Democrat, ↑Federalist, ↑Labourite, ↑machine politician, ↑ward-heeler, ↑political hack, ↑hack, ↑Mugwump, ↑noncandidate, ↑party boss, ↑political boss, ↑boss, ↑party man, ↑party liner, ↑Republican, ↑sachem, ↑socialist, ↑standard-bearer, ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader, ↑technocrat, ↑Whig, ↑Potemkin, ↑Potyokin, ↑Grigori Potemkin, ↑Grigori Potyokin, ↑Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin• Instance Hyponyms:↑Astor, ↑Nancy Witcher Astor, ↑Viscountess Astor, ↑Barkley, ↑Alben Barkley, ↑Alben William Barkley, ↑Beaverbrook, ↑1st Baron Beaverbrook, ↑William Maxwell Aitken, ↑Bradley, ↑Thomas Bradley, ↑Tom Bradley, ↑Bryan, ↑William Jennings Bryan, ↑Great Commoner, ↑Boy Orator of the Platte, ↑Burr, ↑Aaron Burr, ↑Chase, ↑Salmon P. Chase, ↑Salmon Portland Chase, ↑Clark, ↑Joe Clark, ↑Charles Joseph Clark, ↑Clay, ↑Henry Clay, ↑the Great Compromiser, ↑Clinton, ↑DeWitt Clinton, ↑Crockett, ↑Davy Crockett, ↑David Crockett, ↑Douglas, ↑Stephen A. Douglas, ↑Stephen Arnold Douglas, ↑Little Giant, ↑Houston, ↑Sam Houston, ↑Samuel Houston, ↑Jackson, ↑Jesse Jackson, ↑Jesse Louis Jackson, ↑Glenda Jackson, ↑Maginot, ↑Andre Maginot, ↑McCarthy, ↑Joseph McCarthy, ↑Joseph Raymond McCarthy, ↑Moynihan, ↑Daniel Patrick Moynihan, ↑Mullah Omar, ↑Mullah Mohammed Omar, ↑Peel, ↑Robert Peel, ↑Sir Robert Peel, ↑Rankin, ↑Jeannette Rankin, ↑Ross, ↑Nellie Ross, ↑Nellie Tayloe Ross, ↑Seward, ↑William Henry Seward, ↑Webster, ↑Daniel Webster
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abbreviation1. polar3. political; politician; politics* * *
/pol/, n. Informal.a politician, esp. one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.[1940-45; by shortening]* * *
POL (military)abbrevPetrol, oil and lubricants* * *
pol «pol», noun.Informal. a politician: »Our committee offices used to be full of old pols and cigar smoke (Maclean's).
pol.,1. polar.2. political.3. politics.POL (no periods),Military. petroleum, oil, and lubricants.Pol.,1. Poland.2. Polish.* * *
[päl]n. informal a politician* * *
/ˈpɑːl/ noun, pl pols [count]US informal : ↑politicianMany of the city's residents have criticized local pols for their decision to close the public library.
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= ↑politician* * *
POLsee P II.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.