any of various parties supporting or fighting for liberty; spec. (in the United States) a political party which campaigned for the abolition of…

U.S. Politics. Now usually with capital initial. A member of a political party in Pennsylvania advocating repeal of the state constitution, and…

U.S. Politics. Now usually with capital initial. A member of the Democratic Republican Party. Cf. sense A. 3a(b). Now historical.

a political party supporting the prohibition of the manufacture, sale, or transport of alcohol for consumption; spec. (the name of) such a party…

a party which opposed the shift back to gold-based currency and advocated government control of the monetary system, with greenbacks (sense 3) as…

(chiefly with the) any political group or faction characterized by support of socially conservative Christian values; (in the United States) a…

(with the) a chiefly Protestant faction in the United States, holding strongly conservative social and political views and regarded as an active…