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Definition of Constitutionalist

1. Noun. An advocate of constitutional government.

Definition of Constitutionalist

1. n. One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.

Definition of Constitutionalist

1. Noun. A person who adheres to the philosophy of constitutionalism. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or relating to constitutionalism or its adherents. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Constitutionalist

Literary usage of Constitutionalist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Political History of Europe, Since 1814, by Charles Seignobos (1901)
"The parties were of two groups: constitutionalist ... The federalist ministry had the Diets dissolved that had a German constitutionalist majority; ..."

2. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1915)
"Оз constitutionalist agents receive word Zapata will not join Villa against ... О 2O It is reported that the conference of Mexican constitutionalist leaders ..."

3. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1915)
"General Villa assures the constitutionalist leaders at Aguascalientes. ... The constitutionalist convention at Aguascalientes, Mexico, appoints a committee ..."

4. Plantation and Frontier Documents: 1649-1863: Illustrative of Industrial by John R. Commons, Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1909)
"constitutionalist, Oct. 18, 1831, describing conditions in the Georgia pine flats. The inhabitants of our city are scarcely aware that there exists within ..."

5. Cotton is King, and Pro-slavery Arguments: Comprising the Writings of by David Christy, Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Thornton Stringfellow, Robert Goodloe Harper, James Henry Hammond, Samuel Adolphus Cartwright, Charles Hodge (1860)
"THE constitutionalist belongs emphatically to the school of State Rights and Strict Construction. Its principles are those of the Democratic Party, ..."

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