mugwump : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mugwump	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mugwump
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mugwump n someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884 a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) Synonym(s): mugwump, independent, fencesitter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mugwump \Mug"wump`\, n. [Cf. Algonquin mugquomp a chief.] A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent. [Political Cant, U.S.]