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KNOW-NOTHING PARTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former political party in the United States; active in the 1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and Roman Catholics
Synonyms:
American Party; Know-Nothing Party
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Know-Nothing Party" is a kind of...):
party; political party (an organization to gain political power)
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