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THIRD PARTY
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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:
Hypernyms ("third party" is a kind of...):
arbiter; arbitrator; umpire (someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue)