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lob⋅by⋅ist

  [lob-ee-ist]
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–noun
a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest; a member of a lobby.
Origin:
1940–45; lobby + -ist

Related forms:
lob⋅by⋅ism, noun
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lob·by   (lŏb'ē)   
n.   pl. lob·bies
  1. A hall, foyer, or waiting room at or near the entrance to a building, such as a hotel or theater.
  2. A public room next to the assembly chamber of a legislative body.
  3. A group of persons engaged in trying to influence legislators or other public officials in favor of a specific cause: the banking lobby; the labor lobby.
v.   lob·bied, lob·by·ing, lob·bies

v.   intr.
To try to influence the thinking of legislators or other public officials for or against a specific cause: lobbying for stronger environmental safeguards; lobbied against the proliferation of nuclear arms.
v.   tr.
  1. To try to influence public officials on behalf of or against (proposed legislation, for example): lobbied the bill through Congress; lobbied the bill to a negative vote.
  2. To try to influence (an official) to take a desired action.

[Medieval Latin lobia, monastic cloister, of Germanic origin.]
lob'by·er, lob'by·ist n., lob'by·ism n.
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Lobbyist

Lob"by*ist\, n. A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation. [U.S.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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