"career politician" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: career politicians [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} career politician (plural career politicians)
  1. (derogatory, politics) A person who holds political office as a career instead of as a means of activism. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-career_politician-en-noun--xQexZ0K Categories (other): Politics Topics: government, politics
  2. (derogatory, politics) A person who has held political office over the course of most of their working life, having had little experience outside of politics. Tags: derogatory Translations (A person who has held political office over the course of most of their working life, having had little experience outside of politics): 職業政治家 /职业政治家 (zhíyè zhèngzhìjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), poliittinen broileri (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-career_politician-en-noun-U1hlPndF Categories (other): Politics, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 84 Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'A person who has held political office over the course of most of their working life, having had little experience outside of politics': 24 76

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