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Meaning of SPOILSMAN

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Spoils"man\, n.; pl. {Spoilsmen}.
One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils;
in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a
demand for public office on the ground of partisan service;
also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the
public service.

 

 

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