MUGWUMP


Meaning of MUGWUMP in English

/ ˈmʌgwʌmp; NAmE / noun

( NAmE , often disapproving ) a person who cannot decide how to vote or who refuses to support a political party

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from Algonquian mugquomp great chief.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.