English-Thai Dictionary

caucus

N การประชุม ของ สมาชิก หรือ กลุ่ม ผู้นำ ของ พรรคการเมือง เพื่อ ลงคะแนน เลือก หรือ วางแผน ทางการเมือง  kan-pra-chum-kong-sa-ma-chik-rue-klum-phu-nam-kong-phak-kan-mueang-puea-long-ka-naen-lueak-rue-wang-paen-tang-kan-mueang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAUCUS

n.A word used in America to denote a meeting of citizens to agree upon candidates to be proposed for election to offices, or to concert measures for supporting a party. The origin of the word is not ascertained.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAUCUS

Cau "cus, n. Etym: [Etymology uncertain. Mr. J. H. Trumbull finds the origin of caucus in the N. A. Indian word cawcawwassough or caú cau- as'u one who urges or pushes on, a promoter. See citation for an early use of the word caucus. ]

 

Defn: A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting. This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. John Adams's Diary [Feb. , 1763 ].

 

CAUCUS

Cau "cus, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caucused; p. pr. & vb. n. Caucusing.]

 

Defn: To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

caucus

cau cus |ˈkôkəs ˈkɔkəs | ▶noun ( pl. caucuses ) 1 a meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy. • the members of such a body. 2 a group of people with shared concerns within a political party or larger organization. ▶verb ( caucuses, caucusing, caucused ) [ no obj. ] hold or form such a group or meeting. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (originally US ): perhaps from Algonquian cau'-cau'-as'u ‘adviser. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

caucus

caucus |ˈkɔːkəs | ▶noun ( pl. caucuses ) 1 (in North America and New Zealand ) a meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy. • the members of a caucus. 2 a group of people with shared concerns within a political party or larger organization. ▶verb ( caucuses, caucusing, caucused ) [ no obj. ] chiefly N. Amer. hold or form a caucus. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (originally US ): perhaps from Algonquian cau'-cau'-as'u ‘adviser ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

caucus

caucus noun 1 the conservative caucus: members, party, faction, camp, bloc, group, set, band, ring, cabal, coterie, pressure group. 2 caucuses will be held in eleven states: meeting, assembly, gathering, congress, conference, convention, rally, convocation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

caucus

caucus noun 1 in North America & NZ the Democratic caucus in the House: parliamentary party. 2 in North America & NZ caucuses will be held in eleven states: meeting, assembly, gathering, congress, conference, convention, rally, conclave, congregation, convocation, synod, council, session, parley; informal get-together. 3 in the UK the right-wing caucus in the Cabinet: faction, camp, bloc, group, gang, set, band, ring, party, league, cabal, camarilla, clique, coterie, junta, pressure group; Brit. ginger group; historical junto.

 

French Dictionary

caucus

caucus n. m. nom masculin Réunion à huis clos des membres élus d ’un même parti politique, convoqués en vue de discuter des problèmes du parti et d ’élaborer une ligne de conduite commune. Prononciation Le s se prononce, [kɔkys ]; le mot rime avec autobus

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

caucus

cau cus /kɔ́ːkəs /名詞 C 1 (政党の )幹部会, 執行部 .2 (議会の )会派 .動詞 自動詞 幹部会を開く .