maga

1. Thespesia grandiflora, a tree native to Puerto Rico also planted elsewhere for its fairness and the working properties of its wood.

plural magas

1. AfricaNigeriaWestalternativeAlternative form of mugu.

alternative UK Maga

1. USabbreviationacronymgovernmentAcronym of Make America Great Again.

   “Four more years!” the incumbent’s backers called out even louder, largely unencumbered by face coverings. ¶ “Black Lives Matter!” ¶ “Black Lives MAGA!”

   2020 October 31, Matt Flegenheimer, “Campaign 2020: Let's Never Do This Again”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020

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   The 17-year-old told a CBS affiliate the Maga hats - a staple of President Trump's campaign - are a "racist and hateful symbol." ¶ According to the sheriff's office, the student began verbally attacking her peer on Monday because of the Maga hat, before grabbing and hurling it to the ground.

   2018 August 29, “California schoolgirl arrested in Trump hat classroom fracas”, in BBC News, BBC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018

   “Mitch knows he can’t take Trump off the table there,” Scott Reed, a longtime G.O.P. strategist, said of the calculations of Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader. “He needs him to energize the MAGA crowd.”

   2020 November 18, Richard Fausset, Jonathan Martin, “In Georgia, a Republican Feud With Trump at the Center”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2020

comparative more MAGA · superlative most MAGA · alternative UK Maga

1. USgovernmentFollowing the political philosophy of Donald Trump; Trumpist.

   MAGA Republicans

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   The coverage among opinion hosts on Fox News has also been overwhelmingly positive. Fox News host Laura Ingraham called the capture of Maduro “quintessentially Maga”.

   2026 January 7, Jeremy Barr, quoting Laura Ingraham, “Maga media stars back Trump on Venezuela … mostly: ‘It doesn’t make any sense’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

plural MAGAs · alternative UK Maga

1. USgovernmentA follower of the political philosophy of Donald Trump.

   MY LIBERAL RUSSIAN FRIENDS STARTED TO CALL THOSE PEOPLE KRYM-NASHI (“CRIMEA’S OURS”-NIKS) MUCH AS AMERICAN LIBERALS CALL DONALD TRUMP’S FANS MAGAS.

   [2022, Andrew S. Weiss, Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin, First Second, →ISBN, page 198

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   A terrified mob of these MAGAs in their red hats had gathered in the town square screaming: “Where’s Sarah? Where’s Sarah? She promised to make Stars Hollow great again! She’s the only one who can save us!”

   2020, John Pansini, Election 2220: Night of the Voting Dead, RtS Publishing, →ISBN

   A different study by political scientists found that Trump’s anti-immigrant ravings actually inspired more white people to vote against him than it did white MAGAs to vote for him.

   2020, Kurt Andersen, Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History, Random House, →ISBN, page 267

   Trump, a man devoted to television like it’s religion, likely couldn’t give a damn, but the RNC, the state parties, and the various victory committees will be working their asses off to deploy MAGAs into the field.

   2020, Rick Wilson, “The Trump 2020 War Machine”, in Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump—and Democrats from Themselves, New York, N.Y.: Crown Forum, →ISBN, part 3 (Army of Darkness: Trump’s War Machine), page 138

   There were two problems for an African American in Washington DC, during a MAGA rally. First, there were too many pro-Trump MAGAs in town. Worse, there were lots of police officers too. […] At Harry’s Bar a few blocks from the hotel, Money B had apparently made friends because these MAGAs turned out to be fans of his famous songs, like “The Humpty Dance.”

   2021, Erbil Gunasti, Daphne Barak, “[[Coming Home] Trump Extended Hand] Celebrating Christmas at the White House”, in Struggling for One America: Trump vs. Hollywood: The Two White Houses, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN

   Many of the founders and leaders of today’s populist parties now just aren’t like their followers. The followers either don’t know – there are plenty of vox pops where Magas (Make American Great Agains) still describe Trump as a self-made man – or don’t care: all this fussing about class origins and elite linkages is just what bitter, twisted liberals do.

   2021, Peter York, “(Most) Populists aren’t what they seem…”, in John Mair, Tor Clark, Neil Fowler, Raymond Snoddy, Richard Tait, editors, Populism, the Pandemic and the Media: Journalism in the age of Covid, Trump, Brexit and Johnson, Abramis Academic Publishing, →ISBN, section 2 (UK politics and the media), page 103

1. UKAlternative letter-case form of MAGA (“Make America Great Again”).

   For those used to her softer sensibilities, Taylor's current lifestyle is giving Maga energy. It's brazen, proud and 10-carat garish. It's Ralph Lauren and USA.

   2025 August 30, Jo Ellison, “Taylor Swift is entering her conservative era”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20

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   The 17-year-old told a CBS affiliate the Maga hats - a staple of President Trump's campaign - are a "racist and hateful symbol." ¶ According to the sheriff's office, the student began verbally attacking her peer on Monday because of the Maga hat, before grabbing and hurling it to the ground.

   2018 August 29, “California schoolgirl arrested in Trump hat classroom fracas”, in BBC News, BBC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018

   The millions that Willis says he stands to make from a Maga-endorsed YMCA presumably makes it easier for him and his associates to put on all the bells and whistles (well, fringe and leather) for an administration set on a scorched-earth approach to LGBTQ+ protections.

   2025 January 26, Owen Myers, “From gay clubs to Maga anthem: the absurd, contested history of the Village People’s YMCA”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

plural Magas

1. UKAlternative letter-case form of MAGA (“Make America Great Again”).

   In America today this takes at least two forms: tight-fitting clothes that display the shoulders, biceps and thighs (see the straining suit seams of Jeff Bezos and the younger Magas) […].

   2025 April 12, Robert Armstrong, “Do these trousers make me look fascist?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4

1. abbreviationellipsisnonstandarduncountableEllipsis of Krav Maga (“contact combat”).

1. UKabbreviationhistoricalmediaAbbreviation of Blackwood's Magazine (1817–1980).

   In 1817 he connected himself definitively with Blackwood's Magazine, or "Maga."

   1862 November 29, All the Year Round, volume VIII, page 275