"Federalist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Federalists [plural]
Etymology: From federal + -ist, formed in contrast with earlier anti-federalist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|federal|ist}} federal + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} Federalist (plural Federalists)
  1. (US politics, historical) A member of the Federalist Party, a 18th- and 19th-century conservative, liberal US political party which was one of two major parties under the First Party System. Tags: US, historical Derived forms: federalist Related terms: Whig, Democrat, Free Soil
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