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LABOR PARTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people
Synonyms:
labor party; labour party
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("labor party" is a kind of...):
party; political party (an organization to gain political power)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "labor party"):
Australian Labor Party (the oldest political party in Australia, founded in 1891; the party is moderately liberal)
British Labour Party; Labor; Labour; Labour Party (a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries)
