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electioneer

UK/ɪˌlɛk.ʃənˈɪə(ɹ)/

electioneer verb: to campaign for an elective office, on one's own behalf, or on behalf of another, particularly by direct contact.

Verb

electioneer (third-person singular simple present electioneers, present participle electioneering, simple past and past participle electioneered)

  1. (intransitive) To campaign for an elective office, on one's own behalf, or on behalf of another, particularly by direct contact.

electioneer meaning in Malayalam

electioneer in Malayalam

canvass, campaign, go on the hustings
തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പുപ്രചരണം നടത്തുക, തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പു പ്രവർത്തനം നടത്തുക, പ്രചാരണപ്രവർത്തനം നടത്തുക, വോട്ടപേക്ഷിക്കുക, തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പുപ്രചാരണത്തിൽ വ്യാപൃതമാകുക, പ്രചാരണം നടത്തുക

Forms of electioneer

third-person singular presentelectioneers
present participleelectioneering
past participleelectioneered
pastelectioneered

Origin of electioneer

From election + -eer.

Words formed from electioneer

Words that rhyme with electioneer

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about electioneer

What does electioneer mean?
Electioneer means to campaign for an elective office, on one's own behalf, or on behalf of another, particularly by direct contact.
What is electioneer in Malayalam?
Electioneer in Malayalam is തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പുപ്രചരണം നടത്തുക, തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പു പ്രവർത്തനം നടത്തുക, പ്രചാരണപ്രവർത്തനം നടത്തുക. See Electioneer meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is electioneer?
Electioneer is a verb.
How do you pronounce electioneer?
Electioneer is pronounced /ɪˌlɛk.ʃənˈɪə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the past tense of electioneer?
The past tense of electioneer is electioneered.

Words near electioneer in the dictionary

  1. election of remedies
  2. election silence
  3. election silences
  4. election threshold
  5. election thresholds
  6. electioneer
  7. electioneered
  8. electioneerer
  9. electioneerers
  10. electioneering
  11. electioneers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: electioneer (page history and authors); electioneer (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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