KNOW-NOTHING PARTY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A former political party in the United States; active in the 1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and Roman Catholics

Synonyms:

American Party; Know-Nothing Party

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Know-Nothing Party" is a kind of...):

party; political party (an organization to gain political power)

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