jerrymander

jerrymander (third-person singular simple present jerrymanders, present participle jerrymandering, simple past and past participle jerrymandered)

1. Alternative form of gerrymander

jerrymander (plural jerrymanders)

1. Alternative form of gerrymander

jerrymander (plural jerrymanders)

1. (Britain, dated) Synonym of camel spider (arachnid of the order Solifugae)
   • 1935, Sir John Arthur Thomson, Biology for Everyman, page 367:

     British soldiers in Egypt used to have jerrymander fights, pitting one against another.

   • 1965, J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson, Desert Life, page 31:

     My Squadron Leader's crew adopted a family of jerboas and my Troop Corporals chose a black, spider-like monster, about 3 in. long with short legs and enormous jaws, which they called a "jerrymander".

   • 2009, Gary R. Mullen, “Solpugids (Solifugae)”, in Medical and Veterinary Entomology, page 401:

     They also are known by the British terms jerrymander and jerrymunglum.