01 n. A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delega…
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A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting.“This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment.” — John Adams's Diary [Feb. , 1763].