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pol en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /pɒl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /pɑl/ (General-American)

Etymology

Clipping of politician.

Meanings

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 October 31, Maureen Dowd, “The WASP Descendancy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2022:
   • 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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