noun
- a person who engages in gerrymandering; one who manipulates electoral district boundaries to gain political advantage
Usage: often used pejoratively; political term
Examples
- The gerrymanderer redrew the district lines to ensure his party would win the next election.
- Critics accused the state legislature of being gerrymandering when they hired a consultant known as a skilled gerrymanderer.
- The gerrymanderer split the city into three separate districts to dilute the voting power of the urban population.
- Voters demanded reform to prevent gerrymandering by future gerrymandering politicians.
- The gerrymanderer's maps were challenged in court as unconstitutional.