jerrymanders
Meaning of jerrymanders
verb, 3rd person present
manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favour one party or class.
plural 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 jerrymanders
- The singular form of jerrymanders is: jerrymander.
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Hyphenation of jerrymanders
jer-ry-man-ders
- It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
- jerrymanders is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
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