federalist
noun
fed·er·al·ist
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Definition of federalist
1
: an advocate of federalism: such as
a
often capitalized
: an advocate of a federal union between the American colonies after the Revolution and of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution
2
capitalized
: a member of a major political party in the early years of the U.S. favoring a strong centralized national government
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Examples of federalist in a Sentence
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His consultancy, North Star Research, is based in a stately federalist row house in Alexandria. — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, "Can Donald Trump, the Most Unpopular President Ever, Save Republicans From a Massive Defeat in 2018?," 21 Feb. 2018 The Federalists against the Anti-federalists, Abraham Lincoln against Stephen Douglas, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. against George Wallace. — Time, "Colleges Are an 'Echo Chamber of Political Correctness.' Read Jeff Sessions' Speech on Campus Free Speech," 11 Sep. 2017 That Senate Republicans have introduced legislation allowing states to waive out of some—not all, but just some—of ObamaCare’s myriad mandates should give true federalists little comfort. — WSJ, "The Senate Isn’t Saving the 10th Amendment," 11 July 2017 Sadly, the Trump administration and the GOP are far from the only fair-weather federalists in politics. — Ilya Somin, National Review, "No More Fair-Weather Federalism," 18 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'federalist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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federalist
noun
English Language Learners Definition of federalist
: a supporter of federal government
especially, US
: a supporter of the U.S. Constitution
US
: a member of a major political party in the early years of the U.S. that wanted a strong central government
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