Pol

/pɑl/ noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A politician. informal

    "Journalists and pols were cozier then. President Kennedy sipped 1945 Lafite-Rothschild at the Alsops' Georgetown home, and the Alsops dined at the White House."

  2. 2
    Initialism of petroleum, oil, and lubricants; consumable supplies for vehicles and machinery, collectively. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    a person active in party politics wordnet
  4. 4
    Initialism of port of loading. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
politicianofficeholderpolitical leaderpoliticopolypolynomial

Example

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"Journalists and pols were cozier then. President Kennedy sipped 1945 Lafite-Rothschild at the Alsops' Georgetown home, and the Alsops dined at the White House."

Etymology

Clipping of politician.

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