• n. （美）（政治上的）超然派；騎墻派；中立者；共和黨獨立派（1884年美國大選中拒絕支持本黨候選人者）；大人物；印第安酋長

諷刺用法，來自北美印第安土著語mugquomp,老板，大人物。俗詞源進一步解讀為mug,臉， wump,屁股，來自rump 幽默拼寫，即臉朝向一邊屁股朝向另一邊的人。

mugwump (n.)

1832, jocular for "great man, boss, important person," American English, from Algonquian (Natick) mugquomp "important person" (derived from mugumquomp "war leader"); used from 1884 of Republicans who refused to support James G. Blaine's presidential candidacy, hence "one who holds himself aloof from party politics."