lobbyer.html - n. & v.
--n.

(pl. -ies)
1 a porch, ante-room, entrance-hall, or corridor.
2 a (in the House of Commons) a large hall used esp. for interviews between MPs and members of the public. b (also division lobby) each of two corridors to which MPs retire to vote.
3 a a body of persons seeking to influence legislators on behalf of a particular interest (the anti-abortion lobby). b an organized attempt by members of the public to influence legislators (a lobby of MPs).
4 (prec. by the) (in the UK) a group of journalists who receive unattributable briefings from the government (lobby correspondent).

--v.

(-ies, -ied)
1 tr. solicit the support of (an influential person).
2 tr. (of members of the public) seek to influence (the members of a legislature).
3 intr. frequent a parliamentary lobby.
4 tr. (foll. by through) get (a bill etc.) through a legislature, by interviews etc. in the lobby.

lobbyer n. lobbyism n. lobbyist n. [med.L lobia, lobium LODGE]

lobbyer.html - n. & v.
--n.

(pl. -ies)
1 a porch, ante-room, entrance-hall, or corridor.
2 a (in the House of Commons) a large hall used esp. for interviews between MPs and members of the public. b (also division lobby) each of two corridors to which MPs retire to vote.
3 a a body of persons seeking to influence legislators on behalf of a particular interest (the anti-abortion lobby). b an organized attempt by members of the public to influence legislators (a lobby of MPs).
4 (prec. by the) (in the UK) a group of journalists who receive unattributable briefings from the government (lobby correspondent).

--v.

(-ies, -ied)
1 tr. solicit the support of (an influential person).
2 tr. (of members of the public) seek to influence (the members of a legislature).
3 intr. frequent a parliamentary lobby.
4 tr. (foll. by through) get (a bill etc.) through a legislature, by interviews etc. in the lobby.

lobbyer n. lobbyism n. lobbyist n. [med.L lobia, lobium LODGE]

lobbyer.html - v. & n.
--v.

tr. (lobbed, lobbing)
1 hit or throw (a ball or missile etc.) slowly or in a high arc.
2 send (an opponent) a lobbed ball.

--n.

1 a a ball struck in a high arc. b a stroke producing this result.
2 Cricket a slow underarm ball. [earlier as noun, prob. f. LG or Du.]

lobbyer.html - adj.
1 of the lungs (lobar pneumonia).
2 of, relating to, or affecting a lobe.

lobbyer.html - adj.
Biol. having a lobe or lobes.

lobation n.

lobbyer.html - n. & v.
--n.

(pl. -ies)
1 a porch, ante-room, entrance-hall, or corridor.
2 a (in the House of Commons) a large hall used esp. for interviews between MPs and members of the public. b (also division lobby) each of two corridors to which MPs retire to vote.
3 a a body of persons seeking to influence legislators on behalf of a particular interest (the anti-abortion lobby). b an organized attempt by members of the public to influence legislators (a lobby of MPs).
4 (prec. by the) (in the UK) a group of journalists who receive unattributable briefings from the government (lobby correspondent).

--v.

(-ies, -ied)
1 tr. solicit the support of (an influential person).
2 tr. (of members of the public) seek to influence (the members of a legislature).
3 intr. frequent a parliamentary lobby.
4 tr. (foll. by through) get (a bill etc.) through a legislature, by interviews etc. in the lobby.

lobbyer n. lobbyism n. lobbyist n. [med.L lobia, lobium LODGE]