What is the meaning of caucus in Oxford dictionary?

A caucus is a meeting or grouping of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement. The exact definition varies between different countries and political cultures.

What is the meaning of caucus in the Oxford Dictionary?

An exclusive meeting of the members of a party, or faction for organizational and/or strategic purposes. The word caucus is also used in the United States about party organizational structures in Congress.

The parties in each house periodically hold private meetings to elect officers, to make nominations, and where substantive policy issues may also be considered. Among Democrats such gatherings are known as caucus meetings whereas Republicans in modern times come together in a ‘conference’.

The significance of the congressional caucus or conference has varied over time. They have also usually been more important in the House than in the Senate and Democrats have tended to take them more seriously than Republicans.