politiquera
English
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish politiquera.
Noun
editpolitiquera (plural politiqueras)
- (US politics) One who is paid by an election campaign to issue fliers to householders and encourage them to go and vote for a particular candidate.
- 2008 May 13, Michael Luo, “A Usually Legal Practice That Wears Black Eyes”, in New York Times[1]:
- “I’ve been a politiquera for 20 years,” Ms. Espinoza said in an interview last week outside her trailer in the town of Pharr.
Spanish
editNoun
editpolitiquera f (plural politiqueras)
- female equivalent of politiquero (“political intriguer”)