"lobbyist" meaning in English

See lobbyist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɑ.bi.ɪst/ [US], /ˈlɒ.bi.ɪst/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lobbyist.wav Forms: lobbyists [plural]
Etymology: From lobby + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lobby|ist}} lobby + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} lobbyist (plural lobbyists)
  1. A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (person paid to influence politicians): lobbista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 說客 (Chinese Mandarin), 说客 (shuìkè) (Chinese Mandarin), lobbista [masculine] (Czech), lobbyist [common-gender] (Danish), lobbyist [masculine] (Dutch), lobiisto (Esperanto), lobbari (Finnish), lobbyiste [feminine, masculine] (French), ლობისტი (lobisṭi) (Georgian), Lobbyist [masculine] (German), Lobbyistin [feminine] (German), לוביסטי (lobísti) [masculine] (Hebrew), lobbista (Hungarian), brústocaire [masculine] (Irish), lobbista [masculine] (Italian), portavoce [masculine] (Italian), лобист (lobist) [masculine] (Macedonian), kaikōkirikiri (Maori), lobbista [masculine] (Polish), lobbysta [masculine] (Polish), lobista (Portuguese), lobbyist [masculine] (Romanian), lobbyistă [feminine] (Romanian), лобби́ст (lobbíst) [masculine] (Russian), лобби́стка (lobbístka) [feminine] (Russian), lobist [masculine] (Slovene), lobistka [feminine] (Slovene), lobista [by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine] (Spanish), cabildero [masculine] (Spanish), recabador [masculine] (Spanish), lobbyist [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      ],
      "word": "lobista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person paid to influence politicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cabildero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person paid to influence politicians",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recabador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person paid to influence politicians",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lobbyist"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lobbyist"
}

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