politico

noun

po·​lit·​i·​co pə-ˈli-ti-ˌkō 

plural politicos also politicoes

: politician

Examples of politico in a Sentence

a politico who will do anything to win an election

Recent Examples on the Web

When politicos were fighting over where to put a new University of California more than a dozen years ago, Merced didn’t seem like the likely winner. —Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024

The Orioles disappointing playoff games, meanwhile, featured a who’s who of Maryland politicos at the suite with a view from behind home plate. —Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Italian politico and Spanish político, both derivatives of the corresponding adjectives politico and político "political," borrowed from Latin polīticus "of civil government, political" — more at politic

First Known Use

1630, in the meaning defined above