Webster's Online Dictionary
with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation

 
Earth's largest dictionary with more than 1226 modern languages and Eve!

Definition: American Party

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A former political party in the United States; active in the 1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and Roman Catholics.[Wordnet].
Expression 1. (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power.[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Top

Extended Definition: American Party

American Party

A political party by the name of the American Party has existed several times in the United States:

  • The antebellum American Party grew out of the Know Nothing movement and was based on nativism.
  • There were also several other late 19th century nativist political parties with the same name, notably including one founded in 1887.
  • The American Party was a successor of the 1968 American Independent Party. The current American Independent Party split from it in 1976.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "American Party". Image Credit.
 bookmark   email   print   tweet   facebook  



Topics by Level of Interest: American Party

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Independent American Party of Nevada 13     American Party 2
The American Party 9     Independent American Party 8
Independent American Party 8     Independent American Party of Nevada 13
American Party 2     The American Party 9

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).