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politician

 noun
     
pol‧i‧ti‧cian W2 [countable]
1 someone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the government:
politicians who are trying to get the minority vote
a British Labour politician
2 someone who is skilled at dealing with people or using the situation within an organization to gain an advantage:
the office politician
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