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]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |