DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN PARTY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A former major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; opposed the old Federalist party; favored a strict interpretation of the constitution in order to limit the powers of the federal government

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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Democratic-Republican Party" is a kind of...):

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

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