federalist

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Federalist
    n 1: a member of a former political party in the United States
         that favored a strong centralized federal government
    2: an advocate of federalism
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Federalist \Fed"er*al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. f['e]d['e]raliste.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "federalist":
      absolute, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous,
      bureaucratic, civic, civil, constitutional, democratic, despotic,
      dictatorial, fascist, federal, federalistic, governmental,
      gubernatorial, heteronomous, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal,
      monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal,
      oligarchic, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal,
      patriarchic, pluralistic, political, republican, self-governing,
      theocratic, totalitarian

    

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