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THIRD PARTY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("third party" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("third party" is a kind of...):

arbiter; arbitrator; umpire (someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue)

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