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Noun Concept
Categories: Government occupations, Parliamentary titles, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Political whips, Political terminology
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whip  party whip
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A legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline WordNet 3.0
English:
politics
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A legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Wikipedia
A political party discipline official Wikipedia Disambiguation
Political party official responsible for party organisation and discipline in a legislature Wikidata
A political party official, whose responsibility it is to make sure that party members attend important parliamentary debates and cast their vote. OmegaWiki
Within a legislative body, a member appointed by a political party and given the authority to ensure that all members of that party participate in voting and vote strictly as directed by the party in all votes where adherence to a party line is required. Wiktionary
Political party function. Wiktionary (translation)
A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes. Wiktionary
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I was going to vote against the bill, but the party whip came to see me and made it clear I needed to vote for it. Wiktionary
IS A
legislator
position
Parliamentarian
HAS KIND
Chief Whip
party whip
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
FACET OF
party discipline
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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whip, party whip
Wikipedia
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whip (politics)
Wikidata
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whip
Wiktionary
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party whip, whip
OmegaWiki
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whip
Wikipedia Redirections
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assistant majority leader, assistant minority leader, Deputy Whip, Government whip, Government Whip, Junior whip, Majority Deputy Whip Team, Majority Whip, Minority Deputy Whip Team, Minority Whip, Opposition Whip, parliamentary whip, party's whip, party whip, Political whip, Political whips, Senate Whip, senior chief deputy whip, Senior Whip, Single-line whip, three-line whip, three line whip, Two-line whip, whip's office
Wikidata Alias
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party whip

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