Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAUC'US
CAU-CA'SI-AN, or CAU-CA-SE'ANCAUD'AL
CAUC'US, n.
A word used in America to denote a meeting of citizens to agree upon candidates to be proposed for election to offices, or to concert measures for supporting a party. The origin of the word is not ascertained.
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