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Definitions for Mugwump

[1] a Republican who refused to support the party nominee, James G. Blaine, in the presidential campaign of 1884.
[2] a person who is unable to make up his or her mind on an issue, especially in politics; a person who is neutral on a controversial issue.
[3] US a neutral or independent person, esp in politics

Words nearby Mugwump

muggins, muggy, mughal, mugho pine, mugwort, mugwump, muhajirun, muhammad, muhammad ahmed, muhammad ali, muhammad ghori

Origin of Mugwump

1830–35, Americanism ; artificial 19th-cent. revival of Massachusett (E spelling) mugquomp, syncopated form of muggumquomp war leader (equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *memekw- perhaps, swift + *-a·pe·w man)

Other words from Mugwump

mug·wump·er·y , mug·wump·ism , noun
mug·wump·i·an , adjective
mug·wump·ish , adjective

Word origin for Mugwump

C19: from Algonquian: great chief, from mogki great + -omp man