lobbier

English

Etymology

lobby + -er

Noun

lobbier (plural lobbiers)

  1. One who lobbies; a lobbyist.
    • 2008, Franklyn Grace Lyo, M.A. Lyons, A Pause to Copy, page 340:
      As he was a persistent lobbier for his case, this was often embarrassing.
    • 2012, Rosemary Gail Rayfuse, Nicole Weisfelt, The Challenge of Food Security, page 174:
      The chief lobbier for the 2004 exemption was Goldman Sachs' chair and chief executive, Henry Paulson, who in 2006 became Treasury Secretary to the George W. Bush administration.
    • 2014, Joseph E. Stevens, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure:
      Swing was a shrewd politician and an effective lobbier.
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