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RIGHT-WINGER (right-winger)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does right-winger mean?
• RIGHT-WINGER (noun)
The noun RIGHT-WINGER has 1 sense:
1. a member of a right wing political party
Familiarity information: RIGHT-WINGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a right wing political party
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
right-winger; rightist
Hypernyms ("right-winger" is a kind of...):
conservative; conservativist (a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "right-winger"):
monarchist; royalist (an advocate of the principles of monarchy)
Tory (a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative)
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