'Republican Party' definitions:
Definition of 'Republican Party'
(from WordNet)
noun
The younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party [syn: Republican Party, GOP]
Definition of 'Republican party'
From: GCIDE
- Republican \Re*pub"lic*an\ (-l?-kan), a. [F. r['e]publicain.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a republic. [1913 Webster]
- The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners. [1913 Webster]
- Republican party. (U.S. Politics) (a) An earlier name of the Democratic party when it was opposed to the Federal party. Thomas Jefferson was its great leader. (b) One of the existing great parties. It was organized in
- 1856 by a combination of voters from other parties for the purpose of opposing the extension of slavery, and in 1860 it elected Abraham Lincoln president. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Republican Party'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- American Party,
- Anti-Monopoly Party,
- Bull Moose Party,
- camp,
- city hall,
- Communist Party,
- Conservative Party,
- Constitutional Union Party,
- Democratic Party,
- Democratic-Republican Party,
- faction,
- Farmer-Labor Party,
- Federalist Party,
- Free Soil Party,
- Greenback Party,
- Know-Nothing Party,
- Labour Party,
- Liberal Party,
- Liberal Republican Party,
- Liberty Party,
- machine,
- major party,
- minor party,
- multiple party system,
- National Republican Party,
- one-party system,
- opposition party,
- party,
- party in power,
- political machine,
- political party,
- Populist Party,
- Progressive Party,
- Prohibition Party,
- Socialist Labor Party,
- Socialist Party,
- Socialist Workers Party,
- splinter party,
- Tammany Hall,
- third party,
- Tory Party,
- two-party system,
- Whig Party