bully pulpit

Other forms: bully pulpits

Definitions of bully pulpit
  1. noun
    a public office of sufficiently high rank that it provides the holder with an opportunity to speak out and be listened to on any matter
    “the American presidency is a bully pulpit”
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    type of:
    public office
    a position concerning the people as a whole
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