jerrymander
Meaning of jerrymander
verb
manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favour one party or class.
noun
an instance of gerrymandering.
early 19th century: from the name of Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts + salamander, from the supposed similarity between a salamander and the shape of a new voting district on a map drawn when he was in office (1812), the creation of which was felt to favour his party; the map (with claws, wings, and fangs added) was published in the Boston Weekly Messenger, with the title The Gerry-Mander .
Information about jerrymander
- The plural form of jerrymander is: jerrymanders.
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Hyphenation of jerrymander
jer-ry-man-der
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- jerrymander is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
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