English Explanatory Dictionary

Tammany

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Tammany Hall, a building near Union Square in New York City, formerly headquarters for the New York County Democratic Party.
  2. The nickname of the New York County Democratic Party, until the success of reform elements in the 1970s.
  3. A style of corrupt democratic politics.

Word forms

Tammany

Etymology

Tamanend or Tammany was a chief of part of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley who became a hero to the colonists and gave his name to organizations throughout the American colonies beginning in 1772. One was New York City's Society of St. Tammany, which became the New York County Democratic Party organization.

Derived words

St. Tammany Parish Tammanial Tammanize Tammanyize Tammanyism Tammanyite
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