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spoilsman

[ spoilz-muhn ]

noun

, plural spoils·men.
  1. a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
  2. an advocate of the spoils system in politics.


spoilsman

/ ˈspɔɪlzmən /

noun

  1. politics a person who shares in the spoils of office or advocates the spoils system
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spoilsman1

1835–45, Americanism; spoils ( def ) + -man
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Example Sentences

But he was certain to be a partisan, a spoilsman, a tool of Tammany Hall and its corrupt boss.

To this celebrated and execrable defense Van Buren owes much of the later and unjust belief that he was an inveterate "spoilsman."

The debate upon this appointment gave the spoilsman an epigram.

Even Blaine, whom he so cordially honored, he thought a spoilsman at times, not always a statesman.

The people, as Barnum has said, love to be humbugged, and are quite ready to pay tribute to the political boss and spoilsman.

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