
1) An advocate of federalism 2) Political leader 3) Politician 4) Politico
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• (n.) An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington.
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(from the article `Mexico`) ...who were generally conservative, favoured a strong central government in the viceregal tradition, a paid national army, and Roman Catholicism as ...
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In US history, one who advocated the ratification of the US Constitution 1787-88 in place of the Articles of
Confederation. The Federalists became in effect the ruling political party under the...
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Fed'er·al·ist noun [ Confer French
fédéraliste .] An advocate of confederation; specifically
(Amer. Hist.) , a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington.
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The Federalist was a collection of papers first published in the Independent Journal of New York City, by Hamilton, Madison and Jay, from October, 1787, until March, 1788. They were eighty-five in number and appeared under a joint signature, A Citizen of New York at first, and afterwards Publius. The first of these essays appeared immediately after...
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[
n] - a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government 2. [n] - an advocate of federalism
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noun an advocate of federalism
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(USA) In US history, one who advocated the ratification of the US Constitution 1787–88 in place of the Articles of Confederation. The Federalists became in effect the ruling political party under the first two presidents, George Washington and John Adams, 1789–1801, legislating to st...
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one who advocates a strong central government.
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