politiquera

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noun

One who is paid by an election campaign to issue fliers to householders and encourage them to go and vote for a particular candidate.

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Meanings

nounpolitiquera (plural politiqueras)

plural politiqueras

  1. USgovernmentOne who is paid by an election campaign to issue fliers to householders and encourage them to go and vote for a particular candidate.

    “I’ve been a politiquera for 20 years,” Ms. Espinoza said in an interview last week outside her trailer in the town of Pharr.

    2008 May 13, Michael Luo, “A Usually Legal Practice That Wears Black Eyes”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Spanishpolitiquera
  2. Englishpolitiquera

From Spanish politiquera.

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Chicago

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