Bull Mooser

Bull Mooser
Bull Moose Bull Moose (U. S. Politics) (a) A follower of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912; -- a sense said to have originated from a remark made by Roosevelt on a certain occasion that he felt ``like a bull moose.'' [Cant] (b) The figure of a bull moose used as the party symbol of the Progressive party in the presidential campaign of 1912. -- {Bull Mooser}. [Cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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