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Definition of: gerrymander
(jer′i·man′dər, ger′-) n.t.
To alter unfairly or abnormally, as the political map of a state, etc.
—noun An unnatural and arbitrary redistricting of a state or county. [<GERRY + (SALA)MANDER: from the salamander shape of one of the districts formed in Massachusetts while Elbridge Gerry was governor]
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