: a person experienced in the art or science of government
especially: one actively engaged in conducting the business of a government
2
a
: a person engaged in party politics as a profession
b
often disparaging: a person primarily interested in political office for selfish or other narrow usually short-sighted reasons
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebClegg spent much of his career as a politician with the Liberal Democrats, a British party that combines libertarian principles with some progressive, collectivist policies common to Europe’s social democrats. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2022 Babby is not a politician, but maintaining a relationship with the presiding mayor is imperative. Marc Bona, cleveland, 25 July 2022 But Walker, an unpolished politician with an unvetted background, could struggle in vote-rich areas like the Atlanta suburbs if enough swing voters are turned off by the inconsistencies in his professional and personal past, some experts say.BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022 Margot is a budding New England politician with a teenage daughter, and Allie is a girl in the southern U.S. who escapes an abusive foster home and forms a new religion. Richard J. Chang, Forbes, 6 June 2022 Nyborg, played by the astonishing Danish actor Sidse Babett Knudsen, was a magnetic politician with a radiant smile and an assassin’s instinct toward her opponents. Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 2 June 2022 On the eve of the war, Mr. Vilkul was most likely the Russian-leaning politician in Ukraine with the broadest popular support. Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 7 May 2022 In prepared remarks for a speech Tuesday evening at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute, Hogan cast himself as a politician with broad appeal like his political hero, Reagan. Brian Witte, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2022 By contrast, Primary Colors takes a look at a politician with more political gifts, fewer scruples, and a real hunger for power: Bill Clinton. Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 25 Apr. 2022 See More