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Webster 1913 Edition

Federalist

Fed′er-al-ist

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Federalist

FED'ERALIST

,
Noun.
an appellation in America, given to the friends of the constitution of the United States, at its formation and adoption, and to the political party which favored the administration of President Washington.

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