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a professional promise-maker hired to forget the receipts by the next election cycle.
means A person actively engaged in governing or seeking elected office, especially as a career.
from From the Greek 'politikos,' meaning 'of citizens, of the state,' which traces back to 'polis,' the city-state — the beating civic heart of ancient Greek life. The same root gives us 'policy,' 'politics,' and 'police.' The word entered English in the 1500s through French 'politicien,' and early on it could carry a whiff of the schemer — Shakespeare's day already used 'politician' to mean a crafty, calculating type, so the side-eye is older than you'd think.
- word origin
- From Greek polis, meaning the city itself
- oldest job
- Sumerian city-states had them 4,000 years ago
- survival rate
- US House incumbents win over 90% of races
- kissing babies
- A campaign ritual dating to 1830s America
- job overlap
- Lawyers dominate legislatures worldwide by wide margins