"party whip" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: party whips [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} party whip (plural party whips)
  1. (politics) Within a legislative body, a member appointed by a political party and given the authority to ensure that all members of that party participate in voting and vote strictly as directed by the party in all votes where adherence to a party line is required. Wikipedia link: party whip Categories (topical): Politics Related terms: whipped vote Translations (political party function): partipisk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-party_whip-en-noun-BYUXREdc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, politics

Inflected forms

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