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Playmander

Syllables: Play·man·der

Playmander proper noun: a system of electoral overrepresentation of rural areas in South Australia from 1936 to 1968, benefiting the Liberal and Country League.

Proper noun

Playmander

  1. (Australian, historical) A system of electoral overrepresentation of rural areas in South Australia from 1936 to 1968, benefiting the Liberal and Country League.

Origin of Playmander

Blend of Playford + gerrymander. Thomas Playford IV governed for most of the period that the Playmander was in place.

Questions about Playmander

What does Playmander mean?
Playmander means a system of electoral overrepresentation of rural areas in South Australia from 1936 to 1968, benefiting the Liberal and Country League.
What part of speech is Playmander?
Playmander is a proper noun.

Words near Playmander in the dictionary

  1. playlunch
  2. playlunches
  3. playmaker
  4. playmakers
  5. playmaking
  6. Playmander
  7. Playmaster
  8. Playmasters
  9. playmat
  10. playmate
  11. playmates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Playmander (page history and authors). 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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