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DEMOCRATIC PARTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The older of two major political parties in the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Democratic Party" is a kind of...):
party; political party (an organization to gain political power)
Meronyms (parts of "Democratic Party"):
Tammany; Tammany Hall; Tammany Society (a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism)
Meronyms (members of "Democratic Party"):
Democrat (a member of the Democratic Party)