Definitions

handshaker

[hand-shey-ker] / ˈhændˌʃeɪ kər /

NOUN

candidate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

applicant aspirant bidder competitor contender contestant nominee successor

STRONG

claimant entrant hopeful petitioner possibility pothunter runner seeker stumper suitor write-in

WEAK

dark horse favorite son job-hunter office seeker possible choice solicitant whistle-stopper

NOUN

politician

Synonyms

STRONGEST

congressperson lawmaker leader legislator member of Congress officeholder president representative senator

STRONG

orator partisan speaker

WEAK

Party member baby-kisser boss member of parliament office seeker public servant statesperson whistle-stopper

NOUN

sycophant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

groupie lackey

STRONG

adulator bootlicker doormat fan fawner flatterer flunky groveler hanger-on minion parasite puppet

WEAK

brown-noser

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Mrs. Grace Levine and Eloyse Levine, aged 9, arose at 5 a.m. and, leaving Ardeth Levine, aged 1, in the Levine home at Rockaway Park, L. I., joined Handshaker Whalen on the tug Macom.

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Not alone the faithful watchdog of New York City, Official Handshaker Grover C. Whalen, but everyone else, recognized Hero Levine far in the distance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The list of notables greeted in his time by Handshaker Whalen is far too long to print, but includes Belgian, British, Italian, Japanese, Swedish, and Rumanian Royalty.

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