pol

Etymology

Clipping of politician

noun

  1. (informal) A politician.
    Journalists and pols were cozier then. President Kennedy sipped 1945 Lafite-Rothschild at the Alsops' Georgetown home, and the Alsops dined at the White House. 1993-10-31, Maureen Dowd, “The WASP Descendancy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    The knights-errant of politics could "tsk, tsk" all they wanted, but most experienced pols recognized that patronage was the lifeblood of their profession. 2008, Frank P. Vazzano, Politician Extraordinaire, page 174

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