"politician" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpɒlɪˈtɪʃ(ə)n/ [UK], /ˌpɑləˈtɪʃ(ə)n/ [US] Audio: en-us-politician.ogg [US] Forms: politicians [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃən Etymology: politic + -ian Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|politic|ian}} politic + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} politician (plural politicians)
  1. One engaged in politics, especially an elected or appointed government official. Synonyms: politicker (english: dated, colloquial or dialect), pol [informal], politico [informal] Translations (one engaged in politics): politikus (Afrikaans), burrë shtet [masculine] (Albanian), politikan [masculine] (Albanian), zyrtar [masculine] (Albanian), zyrtare [feminine] (Albanian), πολιτικός (politikós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), سِيَاسِيّ (siyāsiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), سِيَاسِيَّة (siyāsiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), քաղաքական գործիչ (kʿaġakʿakan gorcičʿ) (Armenian), políticu [masculine] (Asturian), siyasətçi (Azerbaijani), сәйәсмән (səyəsmən) (Bashkir), politikari (Basque), палі́тык (palítyk) [masculine] (Belarusian), палі́тычка (palítyčka) [feminine] (Belarusian), রাজনীতিজ্ঞ (rajnitijno) (Bengali), полити́к (politík) [masculine] (Bulgarian), полити́чка (politíčka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), နိုင်ငံရေးသမား (nuingngam-re:sa.ma:) (Burmese), polític [masculine] (Catalan), política [feminine] (Catalan), 政治家 (zing³ zi⁶ gaa¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 政治家 (zhèngzhìjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 從政者 (Chinese Mandarin), 从政者 (cóngzhèngzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 政客 (zhèngkè) [derogatory] (Chinese Mandarin), siyasetçi (Crimean Tatar), politik [masculine] (Czech), politička [feminine] (Czech), politiker [common-gender] (Danish), politicus [masculine] (Dutch), politica [feminine] (Dutch), politikisto (Esperanto), poliitik (Estonian), poliitikko (Finnish), politique [feminine, masculine] (French), politicien [masculine] (French), politicienne [feminine] (French), homme politique [masculine] (French), femme politique [feminine] (French), político [masculine] (Galician), პოლიტიკოსი (ṗoliṭiḳosi) (Georgian), პოლიტიკური მოღვაწე (ṗoliṭiḳuri moɣvac̣e) (Georgian), Politiker [masculine] (German), Politikerin [feminine] (German), πολιτικός (politikós) [common-gender] (Greek), politisyen (Haitian Creole), loea kālaiʻāina (Hawaiian), פּוֹלִיטִיקַאי (alt: politiká`i) [masculine] (Hebrew), פוליטיקאית (alt: politiká`it) [masculine] (Hebrew), राजनीतिज्ञ (rājnītijña) [masculine] (Hindi), politikus (Hungarian), stjórnmálamaður [masculine] (Icelandic), politikus (Indonesian), politisi [plural] (Indonesian), politico [masculine] (Italian), politica [feminine] (Italian), 政治家 (seijika) (alt: せいじか) (Japanese), 政客 (seikaku) (alt: せいかく) (Japanese), саясатшы (saäsatşy) (Kazakh), саясаткер (saäsatker) (Kazakh), អ្នកនយោបាយ (nĕək nĕəʼyoobaay) (Khmer), 정치인 (jeongchiin) (alt: 政治人) (Korean), 정치가 (jeongchiga) (alt: 政治家) (Korean), саясатчы (sayasatcı) (Kyrgyz), ນັກການເມືອງ (nak kān mư̄ang) (Lao), politiķis [masculine] (Latvian), politiķe [feminine] (Latvian), politikas [masculine] (Lithuanian), polìtikė [feminine] (Lithuanian), munnabyabufuzi (Luganda), политичар (političar) [masculine] (Macedonian), политичарка (političarka) [feminine] (Macedonian), ahli politik (Malay), രാഷ്ട്രീയക്കാരന് (rāṣṭrīyakkāraṉ) (Malayalam), kaitōrangapū (Maori), राजकारणी (rājkārṇī) [feminine, masculine] (Marathi), улс төрч (uls törč) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠲᠥᠷᠦᠴᠢ (ulus törüči) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), politicien [masculine] (Norman), siyasetvan (Northern Kurdish), politiker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), politikar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), سياست پوه (seyāstpoh) [masculine] (Pashto), سیاستمدار (siyâsatmadâr) (Persian), پولیتیسین (politisyan) (Persian), سایس (sâyes) (Persian), polityk [masculine] (Polish), polityczka [feminine] (Polish), político [masculine] (Portuguese), política [feminine] (Portuguese), politician [masculine] (Romanian), politiciană [feminine] (Romanian), поли́тик (polítik) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), полити́ческий де́ятель (politíčeskij déjatelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), политика́н (politikán) (english: disapprovingly) [masculine] (Russian), fear-poilitigs [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), полѝтича̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), полѝтича̄рка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), polìtičār [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), polìtičārka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), politík [masculine] (Slovak), politička [feminine] (Slovak), politik [masculine] (Slovene), političarka [feminine] (Slovene), político [masculine] (Spanish), política [feminine] (Spanish), politiker [common-gender] (Swedish), politiko (Tagalog), сиёсатмадор (siyosatmador) (Tajik), сиёсатшинос (siyosatšinos) (Tajik), сәясәтче (säyasätçe) (Tatar), นักการเมือง (nák-gaan-mʉʉang) (Thai), politikacı (Turkish), siyasetçi (Turkish), syýasatçy (Turkmen), полі́тик (polítyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), полі́тичка (polítyčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), سیاستدان (siyāsatdān) [masculine] (Urdu), سىياسەتچى (siyasetchi) (Uyghur), siyosatchi (Uzbek), chính khách (alt: 政客) (Vietnamese), nhà chính trị (alt: 家政治) (Vietnamese), chính trị gia (Vietnamese), vëi nëvňe ëla odë (Waigali), politikî [masculine] (Walloon), politicresse [feminine] (Walloon), gwleidydd (Welsh), gwleidyddwr (Welsh), פּאָליטיקער (politiker) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-politician-en-noun-7vZsBASG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ian, Pages using discouraged character sequences Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 7 17 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 57 15 19 10 Disambiguation of Pages using discouraged character sequences: 57 15 16 13 Disambiguation of 'one engaged in politics': 86 9 3 2
  2. Specifically, one who regards elected political office as a career.
    Sense id: en-politician-en-noun-H~CjZ8wV
  3. A politically active or interested person.
    Sense id: en-politician-en-noun-SJ6JAyhy
  4. A sly or ingratiating person.
    Sense id: en-politician-en-noun-rvAmd5Bi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: polititian [obsolete], politician Hypernyms: person Related terms: politics, political party, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 694. Director

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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "politikisto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "poliitik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "poliitikko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "politique"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "politicien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "politicienne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "homme politique"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "femme politique"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "político"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗoliṭiḳosi",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "პოლიტიკოსი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗoliṭiḳuri moɣvac̣e",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "პოლიტიკური მოღვაწე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Politiker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Politikerin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "politikós",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "πολιτικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "politikós",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "πολιτικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "politisyen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "loea kālaiʻāina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "alt": "politiká`i",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "פּוֹלִיטִיקַאי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "alt": "politiká`it",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "פוליטיקאית"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "rājnītijña",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "राजनीतिज्ञ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "politikus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stjórnmálamaður"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "politikus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "politisi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "politico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "politica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "alt": "せいじか",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "seijika",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "政治家"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "alt": "せいかく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "seikaku",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "政客"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "saäsatşy",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "саясатшы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "saäsatker",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "саясаткер"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "nĕək nĕəʼyoobaay",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "អ្នកនយោបាយ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "alt": "政治人",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeongchiin",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "정치인"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "alt": "政治家",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeongchiga",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "정치가"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "siyasetvan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "sayasatcı",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "саясатчы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "nak kān mư̄ang",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "ນັກການເມືອງ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "politiķis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "politiķe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "politikas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "polìtikė"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "lg",
          "lang": "Luganda",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "munnabyabufuzi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "političar",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "политичар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "političarka",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "политичарка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "ahli politik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "rāṣṭrīyakkāraṉ",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "രാഷ്ട്രീയക്കാരന്"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "kaitōrangapū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "rājkārṇī",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "राजकारणी"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "uls törč",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "улс төрч"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ulus törüči",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠲᠥᠷᠦᠴᠢ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "politicien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "politiker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "politikar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "seyāstpoh",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "سياست پوه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "siyâsatmadâr",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "سیاستمدار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "politisyan",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "پولیتیسین"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sâyes",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "سایس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "polityk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "polityczka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "político"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "política"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "politician"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "politiciană"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "polítik",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "поли́тик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "politíčeskij déjatelʹ",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "полити́ческий де́ятель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "disapprovingly",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "politikán",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "политика́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fear-poilitigs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "полѝтича̄р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "полѝтича̄рка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "polìtičār"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "polìtičārka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "politík"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "politička"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "politik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "političarka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "político"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "política"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "politiker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "politiko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "siyosatmador",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "сиёсатмадор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "siyosatšinos",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "сиёсатшинос"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "säyasätçe",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "сәясәтче"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "nák-gaan-mʉʉang",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "นักการเมือง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "politikacı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "siyasetçi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "syýasatçy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "polítyk",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "полі́тик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "polítyčka",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "полі́тичка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "siyāsatdān",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "سیاستدان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "siyasetchi",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "سىياسەتچى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "siyosatchi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "alt": "政客",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "chính khách"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "alt": "家政治",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "nhà chính trị"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "chính trị gia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "wbk",
          "lang": "Waigali",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "word": "vëi nëvňe ëla odë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "one engaged in politics",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "politikî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 9 3 2",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "rājnītijña",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "राजनीतिज्ञ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "politikus"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stjórnmálamaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "politikus"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "politisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "politico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "politica"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいじか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seijika",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "政治家"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいかく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seikaku",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "政客"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "saäsatşy",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "саясатшы"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "saäsatker",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "саясаткер"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "nĕək nĕəʼyoobaay",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "អ្នកនយោបាយ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "政治人",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeongchiin",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "정치인"
    },
    {
      "alt": "政治家",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeongchiga",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "정치가"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "siyasetvan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "sayasatcı",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "саясатчы"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "nak kān mư̄ang",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "ນັກການເມືອງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "politiķis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "politiķe"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "politikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polìtikė"
    },
    {
      "code": "lg",
      "lang": "Luganda",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "munnabyabufuzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "političar",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "политичар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "političarka",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "политичарка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "ahli politik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "rāṣṭrīyakkāraṉ",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "രാഷ്ട്രീയക്കാരന്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "kaitōrangapū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "rājkārṇī",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "राजकारणी"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "uls törč",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "улс төрч"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ulus törüči",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠲᠥᠷᠦᠴᠢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "politicien"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "politiker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "politikar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "seyāstpoh",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سياست پوه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "siyâsatmadâr",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "سیاستمدار"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "politisyan",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "پولیتیسین"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sâyes",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "سایس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polityk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polityczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "político"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "política"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "politician"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "politiciană"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polítik",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "поли́тик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "politíčeskij déjatelʹ",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "полити́ческий де́ятель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "disapprovingly",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "politikán",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "политика́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fear-poilitigs"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "полѝтича̄р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полѝтича̄рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "polìtičār"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polìtičārka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "politík"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "politička"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "politik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "političarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "político"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "política"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "politiker"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "politiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "siyosatmador",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "сиёсатмадор"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "siyosatšinos",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "сиёсатшинос"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "säyasätçe",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "сәясәтче"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nák-gaan-mʉʉang",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "นักการเมือง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "politikacı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "siyasetçi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "syýasatçy"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "polítyk",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "полі́тик"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "polítyčka",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полі́тичка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "siyāsatdān",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سیاستدان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "siyasetchi",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "سىياسەتچى"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "siyosatchi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "政客",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "chính khách"
    },
    {
      "alt": "家政治",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "nhà chính trị"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "chính trị gia"
    },
    {
      "code": "wbk",
      "lang": "Waigali",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "vëi nëvňe ëla odë"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "politikî"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "politicresse"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "gwleidydd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "word": "gwleidyddwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "politiker",
      "sense": "one engaged in politics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פּאָליטיקער"
    }
  ],
  "word": "politician"
}

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