Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lobbyist

/ˈlɑ.bi.ɪst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: lob-by-ist
IPA: /ˈlɑ.bi.ɪst/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.

Example Sentences

"Banning President Trump from Twitter didn't just cut his personal communications channel but curbed a cottage industry of lobbyists and consultants who monetized their ability to get clients into his Twitterverse. […] One lobbyist told Axios his firm paid another consulting shop to generate earned media for clients, including tweets from prominent MAGA personalities such as Charlie Kirk, the founder of the pro-Trump student group Turning Point USA."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Medieval Latin laubiabor. English lobby Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English lobbyist From lobby + -ist.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlɑ.bi.ɪst/
British English: /ˈlɒ.bi.ɪst/

Inflected Forms

lobbyists (plural)

Derived Forms

nonlobbyist superlobbyist

Questions

How do you pronounce lobbyist?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɑ.bi.ɪst/.
What does lobbyist mean?: A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.
Where does lobbyist come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Medieval Latin laubiabor. English lobby Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English lobbyist From lobby + -ist.

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