Meanings
gerrymandering1
plural gerrymanderings
- uncountableusuallygovernmentThe practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party.
1 more example
"I joined the Congressman in fighting back against the Tennessee General Assembly's racist gerrymandering that will erase the voices of Black and brown voters in Nashville. […] Kent Syler, a professor of political science at Middle Tennessee State University, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday evening that the "aggressive" gerrymandering will make it "very, very difficult" for Democrats to hold the seat in the 2022 midterms.
2022 January 25, Andrew Stanton, “Jim Cooper Calls Out ‘Gerrymandering’ of Tennessee District, Will Not Seek Re-Election”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2022
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gerrymander
Gerrymandering2
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of Gerrymander
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰey-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeys-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰoysós
- Proto-Germanic*gaizaz
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂welh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂wl̥h₁-t-
- Proto-Germanic*wulþǭder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*welH-
- Proto-Indo-European*wélH-dʰe-ti
- Proto-Indo-European*we-wólH-dʰe-ti?
- Proto-Germanic*waldaną
- Proto-Germanic*waldaz
- Proto-Germanic*Gaizawaldaz
- Frankish*Gaiʀawald
- Old FrenchGerald
- EnglishGerald
- Proto-Germanic*gaizaz
- Proto-West Germanic*gaiʀ
- Proto-Indo-European*kret-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*harduz
- Proto-West Germanic*hard(ī)
- Frankish*Gaiʀahard
- Old FrenchGerart
- Middle EnglishGerard
- EnglishGerard
- EnglishGerry
- Ancient Greekσαλαμάνδρα (salamándra)
- Latinsalamandra
- Anglo-Normansalamandre
- Middle Englishsalamandre
- Englishsalamander
- Englishgerrymander
- Englishgerrymandering
From gerrymander + -ing.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
gerrymandering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gerrymandering
“gerrymandering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gerrymandering. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gerrymandering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gerrymandering.
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