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Definition of Federalist
1. Noun. A member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government.
2. Noun. An advocate of federalism.
Definition of Federalist
1. n. An advocate of confederation;
Definition of Federalist
1. Noun. (advocate Advocate) of (federalism). ¹
2. Noun. (Canada politics) Supporter of the view that the province of (Québec) should remain within the Canadian (federal) system; an opponent of Québec?based (separatism) or (sovereigns). ¹
3. Adjective. Of or relating to federalism, or its advocates. ¹
4. Adjective. Someone who strongly believes in federalism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Federalist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Federalist
Literary usage of Federalist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1897)
"THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE federalist THE arguments presented by Professor ... Any one
who has studied the period in which Tlic federalist was written must ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1885)
"The Authorship of the federalist. THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE federalist. BY HENRY
CABOT LODGE. THE authorship of certain numbers of the federalist has fairly ..."
3. The Works of Alexander Hamilton by Alexander Hamilton (1904)
"INTRODUCTION THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE "federalist" THE authorship of certain numbers
of the federalist has fairly reached the dignity of a well- established ..."
4. The Treaty Making Power of the United States by Charles Henry Butler (1902)
"Authorship of the federalist.—The author of this volume does not intend to enter
into any discussion as to the authorship of the various numbers of the ..."
5. American Book Prices Current (1921)
"federalist (The): Containing some Strictures upon a pamphlet, entitled. ...
federalist (The), on the New Constitution. By Publius. Written in 1788. ..."
6. The Constitutional History of the United States, 1765/1895 by Francis Newton Thorpe (1901)
"Thus it happened that the first volume of \ the federalist was published before
... It does not appear that the public recognized the federalist as anything ..."
7. A History of the United States by William Coligny Doub (1906)
"The federalist Party; Its Rise and Fall.—Those who believed that the Constitution
should be loosely construed, and that the government should be centralized ..."
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