mugwump, independent, fencesitter
(noun) a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
Mugwump
(noun) someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mugwump (plural mugwumps)
(US) An independent neutral politician, especially in reference to the 1884 U.S. presidential election.
(colloquial) An aloof or self-important but inconsequential person.
Mugwump (plural Mugwumps)
Alternative form of mugwump
Source: Wiktionary
Mug"wump`, n. Etym: [Cf. Algonquin mugquomp a chief.]
Definition: A bolter from the Republican party in the national election of 1884; an Independent. [Political Cant, U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 January 2025
(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
