Caucus

n.	1.	A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting. This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. - John Adams's Diary [Feb. , 1763].
v. i.	1.	To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses. [imp. & p. p. Caucused ; p. pr. & vb. n. Caucusing.]

Noun	1.	caucus - a closed political meeting
Verb	1.	caucus - meet to select a candidate or promote a policy

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