politician
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 →
2) (sometimes negative) A person who is clever at getting what they want by managing people. tree →
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 →
- People vote for politicians in an election. tree →
- Our local politician visited the school. tree →
- Politicians make laws in parliament. tree →
- The politician promised to build a new hospital. tree →
- She wants to be a politician when she grows up. tree →
- 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 →
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.
- Politicians, lawyers and scientists all use debate skills, and arguing respectfully is a skill, not bad behaviour.
- Companies hide extra costs, broken products and bad results behind soft words; politicians hide taxes and untruths the same way.
- "Investment" in a politician's mouth often just means government spending.
- "Earmarks" means money set aside for a politician's pet local projects, favourite schemes in his own area (US).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «politician» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.