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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1037/
- Published: 2022-12-01T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-27T17:40:37.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:48

The word for today is…

caucus (noun, verb):

*noun*  
1: a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy  
2: a group of people united to promote an agreed-upon cause

*verb*  
: to meet in or hold a caucus

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caucus?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology :It’s hard to pinpoint the exact origins of caucus, but some scholars think the word may have developed from an Algonquian term for a group of elders, leaders, or advisers. An early example of the word in use comes from John Adams, who in February of 1763 reported that the Boston “caucus club,” a group of politically active city elders, would soon meet and that, at the meetings, those present would “smoke tobacco till you \[could not\] see from one end of the garret to the other.” A similarly opaque smoke screen seems to cloud the history of caucus to this day.

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