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- DictionaryCau·cus/ˈkôkəs/
noun
- 1. (in some US states) a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention: "Hawaii holds its nominating caucuses next Tuesday"
- 2. a conference of members of a legislative body who belong to a particular party or faction: "he attended the morning caucus in the Old Senate Chamber where his fellow Democrats selected the new leadership"
verb
- 1. hold or form a legislative caucus: US "Republicans briefly caucused"
CAUCUS definition: 1. (a meeting of) a small group of people in a political party or organization who have a lot of…. Learn more.
a group of people with similar interests, often within a larger organization or political party. Definition of caucus noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The noun caucus is a closed meeting of members from the same political party. The Iowa caucuses get a lot of attention during the presidential primary season. Who knows how we got the noun caucus? One theory is that it comes from an Algonquin word that means an elder or leader of the tribe.
6 days ago · caucus. (kɔːkəs ) Word forms: plural caucuses. countable noun. A caucus is a group of people within an organization who share similar aims and interests or who have a lot of influence . [formal] ...the Black Caucus of minority congressmen. [ + of] Synonyms: group, division, section, camp More Synonyms of caucus. More Synonyms of caucus.
cau·cus. (kô′kəs) n. pl. cau·cus·es or cau·cus·ses. 1. a. A meeting of the local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences for candidates running for office. b. A closed meeting of party members within a legislative body to decide on questions of policy or leadership. c.
to bring up or hold for discussion in a caucus: The subject was caucused. to bring together or poll in a caucus: The paper caucused its new editorial board on Friday. The chairman caucused the water pollution committee before making recommendations.
CAUCUS meaning: 1 : a meeting of members of a political party for the purpose of choosing candidates for an election; 2 : a group of people (such as members of the U.S. Congress) who meet to discuss a particular issue or to work together for a shared, usually political goal.
