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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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);
[syn: mugwump, independent, fencesitter]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

mugwump \mug"wump`\, n. [Cf. Algonquin mugquomp a chief.]
   1. A bolter from the Republican party in the national
      election of 1884; an Independent. [Political Cant, U.S.]
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A person who is undecided about an issue, especially a
      political one; a person who takes a neutral stance on an
      issue; a fence-sitter.
      [PJC] Mugwumpery


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Mugwump
    n 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)
       [syn: mugwump, independent, fencesitter]


The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

MUGWUMP, n.  In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted
to the vice of independence.  A term of contempt.