Bull Moose. (U. S. Politics)
(a)
A
follower of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912; -
- a sense said to have originated from a remark made by Roosevelt on
a certain occasion that he felt "like a bull moose."
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(b)
The figure of a bull moose used as the party
symbol of the Progressive party in the presidential campaign of
1912. -- Bull Mooser.
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© Webster 1913.