MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

PRONUNCIATION: (man-CHOOR-ee-uhn KAN-di-det)

MEANING: noun: A person, especially a politician, acting as a puppet of a foreign power.

ETYMOLOGY: From the novel The Manchurian Candidate (1959) by Richard Condon. The term was popularized by a film (same title, 1962) based on the book. Manchuria is a region in the east between China and Russia. Earliest documented use: 1975.
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MANCHURIAN CANIDATE - stranger running for dog officer...

MANCHURIAN CANADATE - ...in Ottawa...

ANCHOVIAN CANDIDATE - ...there's something fishy going on here!