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Harlequin

A buffoon dressed in party colored clothes who plays tricks often without speaking to divert the bystanders or an audience a merry andrew originally a droll rogue of Italian comedy

gatecrash

to enter uninvited into a party or other social event

gatecrasher

A person who enters into a party or other social event without an invitation or into a theater or other public performance without a ticket

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gate crashing

entering a gathering uninvited as gate crashing guests disrupted the party

Gerrymander

To divide a State into districts for the choice of representatives in an unnatural and unfair way with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent

girlfriend

any female friend as Mary and her girlfriend organized the party

Girondist

A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791 The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde

Governing

Holding the superiority prevalent controlling as a governing wind a governing party in a state

VerbarHabeas corpus

A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge especially one to inquire into the cause of a persons imprisonment or detention by another with the view to protect the...

Whig

Whig, said to be a word meaning 'sour milk'. The name was applied in Scotland, in 1648, to those violent Covenanters who opposed the Duke of Hamilton's invasion of England in order to restore Charles the...

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