English Dictionary

mugwump

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmʌɡwʌmp/

名詞

アメリカ英語 未分類 限定用法 ユーモラス文体 歴史的 広義 口語 軽蔑的

(chiefly humorous) A (male) leader; an important (male) person.

日本語の意味

（主に冗談的な表現として）有力な男性、重要な指導者。 / （同意表現として）大物、著名な男性

When the committee couldn't reach a consensus, they half-jokingly appointed a mugwump to handle the negotiations.

委員会が合意に達しなかったとき、彼らは冗談半分で交渉を担当する男性の指導者を任命した。

意味（1）

(chiefly humorous) A (male) leader; an important (male) person.

意味（2）

(historical) A member of the Republican Party who declined to support the party's nominee James G. Blaine (1830–1893) during the 1884 United States presidential election, believing him to be corrupt, and instead supported the Democratic Party's candidate Grover Cleveland (1837–1908).

意味（3）

(by extension) A person who purports to stay aloof from party politics.

The story of the capture of Vicksburg is the old, old story of failure turned into success, by which man is made immortal. It involves the history of a general who never retraced his steps, who cared neither for mugwump murmurs nor political cabals, who took both blame and praise with equanimity.

意味（4）

(by extension) One who switches from supporting one political party to another, especially for personal benefit.

意味（5）

(by extension, colloquial, somewhat derogatory) A person who stays neutral or non-committal; a fence sitter; also, a person who maintains an aloof and often self-important demeanour.

Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke … whom the papers are making such a fuss about.

mugwumps （ plural ）