politiquera

English

Etymology

From Spanish politiquera.

Noun

politiquera (plural politiqueras)

1. (US politics) One who is paid by an election campaign to issue fliers to householders and encourage them to go and vote for a particular candidate.
   • 2008 May 13, Michael Luo, “A Usually Legal Practice That Wears Black Eyes”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “I’ve been a politiquera for 20 years,” Ms. Espinoza said in an interview last week outside her trailer in the town of Pharr.

Spanish

Noun

politiquera f (plural politiqueras)

1. female equivalent of politiquero (“political intriguer”)