| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person pursuing or occupying elective office |
| Synonyms: | baby-kisser, boss, chieftain, congressperson, democrat, grandstander, handshaker, lawmaker, leader, legislator, member of Congress, member of parliament, office seeker, officeholder, orator, partisan, party member, president, public servant, republican, senator, speaker, statesperson, whistle-stopper |
| Main Entry: | demagogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agitating person |
| Synonyms: | agitator, fanatic, firebrand, fomenter, haranger, hothead, incendiary, inciter, inflamer, instigator, politician, rabble-rouser, radical, rebel, revolutionary, soapbox orator, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | sycophant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who caters to another |
| Synonyms: | adulator, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, brownnoser, doormat, fan, fawner, flatterer, flunky, groupie, groveler, handshaker, hanger-on, lackey, minion, parasite, politician, puppet, slave |
| Main Entry: | senator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statesperson |
| Synonyms: | lawmaker, legislator, politician, statesman |