- (n.) A politician.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to polity or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.
- (a.) Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons.
- (a.) Pertaining to or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong; -- said of things; as, a politic treaty.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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