Definitions of mugwump in English
noun
(1) Someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884
(2) A neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics
Examples of mugwump in English
(1) I sit on the fencea " mugwump " as my daddy would say.
(2) For the average citizen, if there's anything to be said of a mugwump , it's that he doesn't play favorites.
(3) Webster calls himself a Mugwump , but the mug and wump usually lean over the conservative side of the fence.
(4) Whether they're Republicans, Democrats, mugwumps or what have you, they don't like it.
(5) That silence speaks volumes about where many American farmers now sit on free trade; they are fence-sitting mugwumps .
synonyms of mugwump
independent
