"Tammany" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Tamanend or Tammany was a chief of part of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley who became a hero to the colonists and gave his name to organizations throughout the American colonies beginning in 1772. One was New York City's Society of St. Tammany, which became the New York County Democratic Party organization.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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          "word": "St. Tammany Parish"
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          "word": "Tammanial"
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          "word": "Tammanize"
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          "word": "Tammanyize"
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          "word": "Tammanyism"
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          "word": "Tammanyite"
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      "glosses": [
        "Tammany Hall, a building near Union Square in New York City, formerly headquarters for the New York County Democratic Party."
      ],
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          "Union Square",
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          "New York City",
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      "glosses": [
        "The nickname of the New York County Democratic Party, until the success of reform elements in the 1970s."
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          "New York County",
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        ],
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          "Democratic Party",
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        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 28, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:",
          "text": "New York City[’s] corrupt political machine, known as Tammany Hall, felt threatened by the Force Bill and mobilized against it on Capitol Hill.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A style of corrupt democratic politics."
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          "democratic",
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          "politics",
          "politics"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Tammany (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "Tammany"
}

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    {
      "word": "St. Tammany Parish"
    },
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      "word": "Tammanial"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tammanize"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tammanyize"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tammanyism"
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    {
      "word": "Tammanyite"
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  "etymology_text": "Tamanend or Tammany was a chief of part of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley who became a hero to the colonists and gave his name to organizations throughout the American colonies beginning in 1772. One was New York City's Society of St. Tammany, which became the New York County Democratic Party organization.",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Tammany Hall, a building near Union Square in New York City, formerly headquarters for the New York County Democratic Party."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Union Square",
          "Union Square"
        ],
        [
          "New York City",
          "New York City"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "The nickname of the New York County Democratic Party, until the success of reform elements in the 1970s."
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  "word": "Tammany"
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