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Federalist

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An advocate of federalism.

n. A member or supporter of the Federalist Party.

adj. Of or relating to federalism or its advocates.

adj. Of or relating to Federalism or Federalists.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Advocate of federalism.

n. Supporter of the view that the province of Québec should remain within the Canadian federal system; an opponent of Québec‐based separatism or sovereigns.

adj. Of or relating to federalism, or its advocates.

adj. Someone who strongly believes in federalism

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In polities, an advocate or a supporter of federalism; specifically, an advocate of a close union of states under a common government, or a supporter of such a union as against those who would weaken or destroy it; in United States history

n. a member of the Federal party. See federal, a.

n. One who accepts the federal theology (which see, under theology).

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government

n. an advocate of federalism

Word Usage

"Not infrequently, a man described as a genuine federalist is thought, by that term, to be one for whom the federal government alone is responsible for the national interest."

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