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

While well known to officials, lobbyists and other politicos for its role in providing transparency to campaign donations and finances, the commission performs its ethics investigations in secret. —Kacen Bayless july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025

On both a family Bible and Hoosier President Benjamin Harrison's inaugural Bible, Braun took the oath of office before a packed theater of public servants and politicos at the Hilbert Circle Theatre in downtown Indianapolis. —Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025

The Keswick Democratic Club, originally a meeting place for local politicos, later turned into an epicenter for Louisville's emerging punk scene in the 2000s. —Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2025

The highly anticipated day of politics and barbecue is almost here for Kentucky politicos and voters. —Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 July 2025

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

Rhymes for politico

• adagio
• altiplano
• arapaho
• arapahoe
• manifesto
• medicago
• minangkabau
• oregano
• ostinato
• pistachio
• portfolio
• presidio