Synonyms for gerrymander
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : jer-i-man-der, ger- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛr ɪˌmæn dər, ˈgɛr- |
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Définition of gerrymander
Origin :- 1812 as both a noun and verb, American English, from Elbridge Gerry + (sala)mander. Gerry, governor of Massachusetts, was lampooned when his party redistricted the state in a blatant bid to preserve an Antifederalist majority. One Essex County district resembled a salamander, and a newspaper editor dubbed it Gerrymander. Related: Gerrymandered; gerrymandering.
- As in rig : verb arrange for certain outcome
- It was from this incident that the word "gerrymander," so often heard in politics in these days, took its name.
- Extract from : « The Greater Republic » by Charles Morris
- Consequently, every apportionment act involves more or less of the gerrymander.
- Extract from : « Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government » by T. R. Ashworth and H. P. C. Ashworth
- Under such a system all unfairness would disappear, and the gerrymander would be impossible.
- Extract from : « Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government » by T. R. Ashworth and H. P. C. Ashworth
- He illustrates a gerrymander which actually made one Democratic vote equal to five Republican votes.
- Extract from : « Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government » by T. R. Ashworth and H. P. C. Ashworth
- The gerrymander is not produced by the iniquity of parties, it is the outcome of the district system.
- Extract from : « Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government » by T. R. Ashworth and H. P. C. Ashworth
- It is not settled who is entitled to the authorship of the word "Gerrymander," for which a number of claimants have appeared.
- Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast » by Samuel Adams Drake
- If you don't, I shall give the documents in the gerrymander affair to the papers the day after you fail.
- Extract from : « The Grafters » by Francis Lynde
- It happens every few years that the newspapers are full of more or less excited talk about a "gerrymander."
- Extract from : « Talks on the study of literature. » by Arlo Bates
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