Meaning

noun one who works hard at boring tasks

noun a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

noun a mediocre and disdained writer

origin* As a German and Dutch surname, from the old Germanic name Hacco, shortened from names derived from *hakkju (“enclosure, hedge”). * Also as a German and Dutch surname, occupational surname for a butcher or woodcutter, see Hacker. * As a north/Low German surname, variant of Haack. * Also as a north/Low German surname, variant of Heck. * Also as a north/Low German surname for someone who lived by…

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