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Definition of: mugwump
(mug′wump) noun U.S.
1. A Republican who bolted the party candidate, James G. Blaine, in the presidential election of 1884.
2. Anyone who claims the right of independent action, especially in politics; an independent. [<Algonquian mugquomp great man, chief]
—mug′wump·er·y, mug′wump·ism noun
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