mugwump
noun/ˈmʌɡwʌmp/
/ˈmʌɡwʌmp/
(North American English, often disapproving)- a person who cannot decide how to vote or who refuses to support a political partyCultureThe word 'mugwump' was first applied in US politics to a group of Republicans who in 1884 supported the Democrats' candidate Grover Cleveland for US President. It comes from an Algonquian language and means 'great man' or 'chief'.Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Algonquian mugquomp ‘great chief’.
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