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FEDERALIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)

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