Federalist

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Federalist \Fed"er*al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. f['e]d['e]raliste.]
     An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a
     friend of the Constitution of the United States at its
     formation and adoption; a member of the political party which
     favored the administration of president Washington.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Federalist
       n 1: a member of a former political party in the United States
            that favored a strong centralized federal government
       2: an advocate of federalism

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "federalist":
     absolute, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous,
     bureaucratic, civic, civil, constitutional, democratic, despotic,
     dictatorial, fascist, federal, federalistic, governmental,
     gubernatorial, heteronomous, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal,
     monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal,
     oligarchic, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal,
     patriarchic, pluralistic, political, republican, self-governing,
     theocratic, totalitarian