Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spoilsman \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.