Caucus

Etymology
From the Algonquian Indian meaning "meeting of tribal leaders".

Noun

 * 1) 🇺🇸 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.
 * 2)  A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.

Derived terms

 * caucus race

Verb

 * 1) To meet in caucus.

Thesaurus
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