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# politician

«politician» in Mova's school dictionary: **in politics, especially someone elected to run a town, a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a politician, politicians)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person whose job is in politics, especially someone elected to run a town, a region or a country, such as a member of parliament, a senator or a mayor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politician/#m1)

2) (sometimes negative) A person who is clever at getting what they want by managing people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politician/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in civics and history lessons (how governments and elections work), in news and in stories. Phrases: «a local politician», «elected politicians», «a typical politician» (sometimes a joke about not answering questions).

### examples

- The politician gave a speech in the town square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politician/#x1)
- People vote for politicians in an election. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politician/#x2)
- Our local politician visited the school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politician/#x3)
- Politicians make laws in parliament. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politician/#x4)
- The politician promised to build a new hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politician/#x5)
- She wants to be a politician when she grows up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politician/#x6)
- He was something of a politician, and had always taken a prominent part in the local elections, so he knew the proper Parliamentary expressions to use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politician/#x7)

### note

Countable. Spelling: «-cian» like «musician». Related: «politics», «political». Not every politician is elected — some are appointed — but most in democracies are.

### In the corpora

- [Many people feel let down by politicians, but they can still vote, write letters and get involved.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/14/)
- [Politicians, lawyers and scientists all use debate skills, and arguing respectfully is a skill, not bad behaviour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/49-debating-and-discussion/15/)
- [Companies hide extra costs, broken products and bad results behind soft words; politicians hide taxes and untruths the same way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/0/)
- ["Investment" in a politician's mouth often just means government spending.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/24-government-spin/15/)
- ["Earmarks" means money set aside for a politician's pet local projects, favourite schemes in his own area (US).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «politician» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/politician/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.