Possessing governing authority over a range of territory; having decisive control or oversight over all major matters within one's ambit of influence; having a satisfying position of respected leadership or comfortable prestige.
A (male) leader; an important (male) person.
A member of the Republican Party who declined to support the party's nominee James G. Blaine (1830–1893) during the 1884 United States presidential election, believing him to be corrupt, and instead supported the Democratic Party's candidate Grover Cleveland (1837–1908).
One who switches from supporting one political party to another, especially for personal benefit.
A person who stays neutral or non-committal; a fence sitter; also, a person who maintains an aloof and often self-important demeanour.
A person who purports to stay aloof from party politics.
To behave like a mugwump.
To purport to stay aloof and independent, especially from party politics.