[f. prec. vb. + -ER.] One who manages elections, who uses arts or influence to secure the return of a candidate; one skilled in such arts.
1809–12. Mar. Edgeworth, Vivian, viii. Loud-tongued electioneerers.
1824. Byron, Juan, XVI. lxx. Lord Henry was a great electioneerer, Burrowing for boroughs like a rat or rabbit.
1865. Sat. Rev., 18 Feb., 186/2. The proverbially sanguine temperament of electioneerers.
