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FEDERALIST
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• FEDERALIST (noun)
The noun FEDERALIST has 2 senses:
1. a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government
2. an advocate of federalism
Familiarity information: FEDERALIST used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Federalist" is a kind of...):
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An advocate of federalism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("federalist" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Derivation:
federalism (the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units)
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