NOUN
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a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments
party bosses have a reputation for corruption
How To Use party boss In A Sentence
- By using their weird caucusing (which disenfranchises old people & working people due to the time commitment) and their soviet-style party bosses, they are about to again nominate an unelectable figure. Exit Polls: Clinton gains edge among independents
- And sometimes it is not doing things that edifies a Communist Party boss and gives him a little bit of soul. A Mountain of Crumbs
- Since 1993 when the Communist Party held its "Third Work Forum" on Tibet, the party boss of the time, Chen Kuiyuan, put forward the proposition that Tibetan Buddhism itself was "splittist" or "separatist," since Tibetan Buddhists considered the Dalai Lama to be an incarnation of Tibet's guardian angel, the celestial bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, and so their loyalty to him was unshakable. China Is Attempting to Wipe Out Buddhism
- While in Springfield, he gained another office, 19th Ward Democratic committeeman, meaning the young state senator served as party boss over his ward and its share of patronage. Chicago Reader
- He fought party bosses, sued to break up railroad trusts, was the "trustbuster" who launched 44 lawsuits against major corporations, gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set rates, and led the fight to eliminate corporate election campaign contributions. How Right Is McCain?
- Did party bosses know of untoward behaviour? The Sun
- Where could party bosses parachute him in? Times, Sunday Times
- Where could party bosses parachute him in? Times, Sunday Times
- Sharaf Rashidov, the former party boss, would lie about the cotton crop year after year to ingratiate himself with Moscow.
- Nobody, least of all a Party boss, could be expected to watch, still more record, domestic television output!
