Anti-federalist

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• anti-federalist

  "This word was formed about the year 1788, to denote a person of the political party that opposed th...

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• Federalist

  ·noun An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the ...

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• federalist

  An appellation in America given to the friends of the Constitution of the United States, at its form...

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• Anti

  ·- A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; — used in compositio...

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• Anti-American

  ·adj Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. ...

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• Anti-Gallican

  ·adj Opposed to what is Gallic or French. ...

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• Anti-imperialism

  ·add. ·noun Opposition to imperialism; — applied specif., in the United States, after the Spanish-A...

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• Anti-Semitism

  ·add. ·noun Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, ·esp. Jews. ...

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• Anti-trade

  ·noun A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind. II. Anti-trade ·a...

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• anti-mason

  One hostile to masonry or free-masonry.--Worcester. ...

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• anti-masonic

  Hostile to masonry. ...

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• anti-slavery

  Hostile to slavery. ...

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• anti-gallicans

  A pair of extra backstays, sometimes used by merchantmen, to support the masts when running before t...

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• anti-guggler

  A straw, or crooked tube, introduced into a spirit cask or neck of a bottle, to suck out the content...

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