TAMMANY HALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tammany Hall mean? 

• TAMMANY HALL (noun)
  The noun TAMMANY HALL has 1 sense:

1. a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism

  Familiarity information: TAMMANY HALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAMMANY HALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Tammany; Tammany Hall; Tammany Society

Hypernyms ("Tammany Hall" is a kind of...):

organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)

Holonyms ("Tammany Hall" is a part of...):

Democratic Party (the older of two major political parties in the United States)