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mugwump

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mugwump /ˈmʌgwʌmp/

▶noun N. Amer. a person who remains aloof or independent, especially from party politics.

– origin C19: from Algonquian mugquomp ‘great chief’.

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