caucus(n = noun.group) - a closed political meeting;
is a kind of group meeting, meeting
Derived form verb caucus1
caucus(v = verb.social) - meet to select a candidate or promote a policy;
is one way to assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet
Derived form noun caucus1
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A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting. [1913 Webster]
"This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment." [1913 Webster]
To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses. [1913 Webster]
caucus, n.
1 US a a meeting of the members of a political party, esp. in the Senate etc., to decide policy. b a bloc of such members. c this system as a political force.
2 often derog. (esp. in the UK) a a usu. secret meeting of a group within a larger organization or party. b such a group.
Etymology:
18th-c. US, perh. f. Algonquin cau' -cau-as' u adviser
N council, committee, subcommittee, comitia, court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff, senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim, classis, Amphictyonic council, duma, house of representatives, legislative assembly, legislative council, riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate, court of appeal, board of control, board of works, vestry, county council, local board, audience chamber, council chamber, state chamber, cabinet council, privy council, cockpit, convocation, synod, congress, convention, diet, states-general, assembly, caucus, conclave, clique, conventicle, meeting, sitting, seance, conference, convention, exhibition, session, palaver, pourparler, durbar, house, quorum, council fire, powwow, primary, meeting, assemblage, member, senator, member of parliament, M, P, councilor, representative of the people, assemblyman, congressman, councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder, senatorial, curule, congressional, parliamentary, legislative, law-making, regulatory, deliberative.
VB assemble, gather together, meet (assemblage), confer, caucus, hold council, huddle.