power base

See also: powerbase

English

Noun

power base (plural power bases)

  1. The source of a person's or organization's power or influence.
    • 2024, Ian R. Mitchell, Walking Through Glasgow's Industrial Past
      The yard was [] one of the main focal points of the UCS work-in, and the power base of its main spokesman Jimmy Reid, though he was a Govanite, not a Bankie.