(n) Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (born in 1931), Syn. Mikhail Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
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{ } n. A defamatory forgery or falsehood published for purposes of political intrigue. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The word originated in the election canvass of 1844, when such a forgery was published, to the detriment of James K. Polk, a candidate for President, purporting to be an extract from the “Travels of Baron Roorbach.” [ 1913 Webster ]