2. Noun. (plural of conservative) ¹
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Definition of Conservatives
1. conservative [n] - See also: conservative
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conservatives
Literary usage of Conservatives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction: 39th by Benjamin Burks Kendrick (1914)
"In the second place, the conservatives seemed to believe, that by holding Louisiana
up as an example they might force the other states to agree to the ..."
2. Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1907)
"These are the sentiments of the democrats and conservatives of Pike County ...
In the elections at the close of Reconstruction the conservatives made use of ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Part of the conservatives, sometimes the majority, have believed in special
legislation against the Jews, in whom they feared the absolute representatives ..."
4. Europe Since 1815 by Charles Downer Hazen (1910)
"conservatives returned to power. The Conservative party opposed it to a man.
And the Liberal party was in full process of disruption because of it Even ..."
5. A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815 by Spencer Walpole (1880)
"But the violence of the Radicals gained for the Government some support from the
moderate conservatives, who were content to take the advice of Peel. ..."
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