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federalist, n.|ˈfɛdərəlɪst|
[ad. F. fédéraliste: see federal and -ist.]
1. One who advocates or supports federalism or federal union.
1792Explan. New Terms in Ann. Reg. p. xv, Federalists, or friends to a federal union; such as that..among the United States of America. 1794Burke Pref. Brissot's Addr. Wks. VII. 318 The Girondin faction on this account received also the name of federalists. 1851Gallenga Italy II. xii. 436 The federalists in Switzerland have only yesterday baffled both those evil powers. 1863Fawcett Pol. Econ. ii. x. (1876) 275 The federalists say that if all the productive societies are in direct connection with the Central Wholesale Society a [etc.].
2. U.S. Hist. A member or supporter of the Federal party. See federal a. 3.
1787Madison in Federalist No. 10 Cherishing the spirit and supporting the character of Federalists. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. II. 30 The federalists are the great patrons of commerce. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. II. iii. liii. 325 The advocates of a central national authority had begun to receive the name of Federalists.
3. attrib.
1801W. Dupré Neolog. Fr. Dict. 117 Federalist motions and intrigues. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 289 The federalist merchants and lawyers consider the clergy so little fit for common affairs as to call them a set of people between men and women. 1876N. Amer. Rev. July 130 The Federalist party was a very remarkable political organization.
Hence federaˈlistic a., inclined to federalism.
1862Parthenon 26 July 398 Before 1848, Italy was more ‘federalistic’ than unitarist. |