lobbyist

From lobby +‎ -ist.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.bi.ɪst/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒ.bi.ɪst/

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lobbyist (plural lobbyists)

1. 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.
   • 2021 January 13, Lachlan Markay, “Twitter banning Trump undercuts some D.C. lobbyists and consultants”, in Axios‎^[1]:

     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.

From lobbyen +‎ -ist.

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• Hyphenation: lob‧by‧ist

lobbyist m (plural lobbyisten, diminutive lobbyistje n)

1. lobbyist

Borrowed from English lobbyist.

• IPA^(key): /lo.biˈist/

lobbyist m (plural lobbyiști, feminine equivalent lobbyistă)

1. lobbyist

• lobbyistică

• lobby
• lobbying
• lobbyism

• “lobbyist”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

lobbyist c

1. a lobbyist

• lobby

• lobbyist in Svensk ordbok (SO)