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DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN PARTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
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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