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Precinct chairman Will Kahumoku, right, goes over the voting rules during the Republican party caucus on Tuesday at Reed High School in Reno, Nev. | AP Photo Americans still don't know what 'caucus' means

Donald Trump may have run away with a win in Tuesday’s Nevada caucuses, but many Americans were still trying to figure out what a "caucus" actually is.

According to Merriam-Webster, searches for the word “caucus” spiked on the dictionary’s website on Tuesday night and continued into Wednesday morning.

“Based on the comments we've gotten at the entry for ‘caucus’ on our site, it looks like some people think that this word is related to ‘Caucasian,’” Merriam-Webster spokeswoman Kory Stamper told POLITICO.

Users were also curious about the word “tycoon,” which is often used to describe Donald Trump.

“It really seems to be the Trumpian descriptor of choice for the news last night—more so than in previous news cycles,” Stamper said.

The last politically-related word that spiked on Merriam-Webster is “pundit,” which is used by many of the candidates, particularly Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, use to describe the political class from which they want to separate themselves.