spoilsman

English

Etymology

From spoils +‎ man.

Noun

spoilsman (plural spoilsmen)

  1. (US) A politician who serves only for a share of the spoils.
    • 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry for Freedom, Oxford, published 2003, page 217:
      Cameron's notoriety as a spoilsman who had been in turn a Democrat, a Know-Nothing, and had flirted with Whiggery, militated against his candidacy among delegates concerned that the party should appear to be as pure as Caesar's wife.
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