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

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Selzer, revered among politicos, got her start in polling as a staffer at the Des Moines Register, and has overseen its Iowa poll since 1987, branching off to found her own firm, Selzer & Co., in the 1990s. —

Sara Dorn, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024 On October 23, Harris stopped by Philadelphia’s Famous 4th Street Deli with Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and a slew of politicos to a crowd of cheering supporters. —

Meghan McCarron, Bon Appétit, 29 Oct. 2024 The extraordinary nature of the allegations notwithstanding, there is a longstanding tradition of British politicos being involved in U.S. politics, and vice versa. —

Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024 In many cases, voters did not even bother to read the names on the ballots, enabling some unscrupulous politicos to use their opponents’ symbols to trick inattentive voters. —

Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for politico

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

Time Traveler

The first known use of politico was in 1630

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