Dictionary

lobbyist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɑ.bi.ɪst/ (US)
• /ˈlɒ.bi.ɪst/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Medieval Latin laubiabor. English lobby Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English lobbyist From lobby + -ist.

Meanings

1. A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.
   • Banning President Trump from Twitter didn't just cut his personal communications channel but curbed a cottage industry of lobbyists and consultants who monetized their ability to get clients into his Twitterverse. […] One lobbyist told Axios his firm paid another consulting shop to generate earned media for clients, including tweets from prominent MAGA personalities such as Charlie Kirk, the founder of the pro-Trump student group Turning Point USA. 2021 January 13, Lachlan Markay, “Twitter banning Trump undercuts some D.C. lobbyists and consultants”, in Axios:

Forms

Deriveds

superlobbyist · nonlobbyist

Translations (34)

pl lobbysta (person paid to influence politicians) · ru лобби́ст (person paid to influence politicians) · es cabildero (person paid to influence politicians) · it lobbista (person paid to influence politicians) · fr lobbyiste (person paid to influence politicians) · ga brústocaire (person paid to influence politicians) · mi kaikōkirikiri (person paid to influence politicians) · pl lobbista (person paid to influence politicians) · ru лобби́стка (person paid to influence politicians) · es recabador (person paid to influence politicians) · fi lobbari (person paid to influence politicians) · ca lobbista (person paid to influence politicians) · it portavoce (person paid to influence politicians) · cs lobbista (person paid to influence politicians) · cy lobïwr (person paid to influence politicians) · de Lobbyist (person paid to influence politicians) · mk лобист (person paid to influence politicians) · sl lobist (person paid to influence politicians) · cmn 說客 /说客 (person paid to influence politicians) · cy lobïwraig (person paid to influence politicians) · he לוביסטי (person paid to influence politicians) · es lobista (person paid to influence politicians) · da lobbyist (person paid to influence politicians) · de Lobbyistin (person paid to influence politicians) · pt lobista (person paid to influence politicians) · eo lobiisto (person paid to influence politicians) · ro lobbyistă (person paid to influence politicians) · sv lobbyist (person paid to influence politicians) · nl lobbyist (person paid to influence politicians) · ka ლობისტი (person paid to influence politicians) · sl lobistka (person paid to influence politicians) · ro lobbyist (person paid to influence politicians) · hu lobbista (person paid to influence politicians) · ko 로비스트 (person paid to influence politicians)