boodler

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One, especially a politician, who seeks or receives boodle; a political grafter.
    — Boodlers, according to the dealers in boodle, are divided into two categories, the honest and the dishonest boodlers. The honest boodler is the alderman who, when bought, stays bought,' and does not sell out to the other side; the dishonest boodler is perfectly willing to take money from both sides and dispose of his vote, not according to the first bid, but the last.
  2. A person displaying unsportsmanlike behavior. dated,obsolete,slang

词形变化

boodlers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
boodlerism

词源

Etymology tree
English boodle
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English boodler
From boodle + -er.
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