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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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

3. 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.


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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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