Grand Old Partyn.

Brit.

/ˌɡrand əʊld ˈpɑːti/, U.S.

/ˌɡrænd ˌoʊld ˈpɑrdi/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grand adj., old adj., party n.

Etymology: < grand adj. + old adj. + party n.

U.S. Politics.

†1. The Democratic Party. Obsolete.Usually used without capitals and perhaps not specific.Quot. 1856 refers to the Whig party of the United States, which was by then virtually defunct. Its adherents tended to become Republicans in the northern states, and Democrats in the south.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Democratic Party

Democratic Party1795

Grand Old Party1858

1856 Boston Daily Atlas 3 July 2/3 The course of these so-called Whigs was dreadfully discreditable to the ancient reputation of that grand old party.]

1858 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 6 Oct. Democrats of Old Licking..! Have you encouraged that Young Voter to unite himself at his outset in politics with that Grand Old Party which has piloted our blessed government through three-fourths of its past existence?

1862 Proc. Ohio Democratic State Convent. 15/2 The principles and policy of that grand old party of the Union.

1879 Congress. Rec. 11 June 1913/1 We are for national politics now. We come back to the grand old party of the North.

1888 Congress. Rec. 10 May 3981/1 I am glad that I am a member of that grand old party that assures a better trade to our people, larger wages &c.

2. The Republican Party. Also attributive.Now usually in the abbreviated form G.O.P. (see G.O.P. n. at G n. Initialisms).

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Republican Party

Republican Party1854

Grand Old Party1874

society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [adjective] > Republican Party

republican1854

Grand Old Party1874

1874 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 7 Nov. 4/1 Thousands of Republicans to-day..are true to the grand old party, but desire to chasten some of its leaders.

1876 Cincinnati Comm. in Harper's Weekly (1884) 576/3 Grand Old Party.

1888 Congress. Rec. 1 May 3598/1 It is the doings of the G.O.P.,—the grand old party,—the Republican party.

1934 Tyrone (Pennsylvania) Daily Herald 20 Mar. 1/6 Feminine Washington still was chuckling today over Mae West as official pepper-up of the Grand Old Party.

1960 Pittsburgh Courier 15 Oct. 6 Maybe the Grand Old Party needs to send out some ‘super-duper-troupers’ to ‘truth-up’ the ‘truthers’.

2009 Independent 26 Nov. 39/3 All she will need..is to turn out a Republican base already in her pocket, to the horror of the Grand Old Party establishment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grand old party
释义	Grand Old Partyn. Brit. /ˌɡrand əʊld ˈpɑːti/, U.S. /ˌɡrænd ˌoʊld ˈpɑrdi/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grand adj., old adj., party n. Etymology: < grand adj. + old adj. + party n. U.S. Politics. †1. The Democratic Party. Obsolete.Usually used without capitals and perhaps not specific.Quot. 1856 refers to the Whig party of the United States, which was by then virtually defunct. Its adherents tended to become Republicans in the northern states, and Democrats in the south. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Democratic Party Democratic Party1795 Grand Old Party1858 1856 Boston Daily Atlas 3 July 2/3 The course of these so-called Whigs was dreadfully discreditable to the ancient reputation of that grand old party.] 1858 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 6 Oct. Democrats of Old Licking..! Have you encouraged that Young Voter to unite himself at his outset in politics with that Grand Old Party which has piloted our blessed government through three-fourths of its past existence? 1862 Proc. Ohio Democratic State Convent. 15/2 The principles and policy of that grand old party of the Union. 1879 Congress. Rec. 11 June 1913/1 We are for national politics now. We come back to the grand old party of the North. 1888 Congress. Rec. 10 May 3981/1 I am glad that I am a member of that grand old party that assures a better trade to our people, larger wages &c. 2. The Republican Party. Also attributive.Now usually in the abbreviated form G.O.P. (see G.O.P. n. at G n. Initialisms). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Republican Party Republican Party1854 Grand Old Party1874 society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [adjective] > Republican Party republican1854 Grand Old Party1874 1874 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 7 Nov. 4/1 Thousands of Republicans to-day..are true to the grand old party, but desire to chasten some of its leaders. 1876 Cincinnati Comm. in Harper's Weekly (1884) 576/3 Grand Old Party. 1888 Congress. Rec. 1 May 3598/1 It is the doings of the G.O.P.,—the grand old party,—the Republican party. 1934 Tyrone (Pennsylvania) Daily Herald 20 Mar. 1/6 Feminine Washington still was chuckling today over Mae West as official pepper-up of the Grand Old Party. 1960 Pittsburgh Courier 15 Oct. 6 Maybe the Grand Old Party needs to send out some ‘super-duper-troupers’ to ‘truth-up’ the ‘truthers’. 2009 Independent 26 Nov. 39/3 All she will need..is to turn out a Republican base already in her pocket, to the horror of the Grand Old Party establishment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858
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