Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun democratic-republican_party

1 sense of democratic-republican party

Sense 1
Democratic-Republican Party -- (a former major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; opposed the old Federalist party; favored a strict interpretation of the constitution in order to limit the powers of the federal government)
       => party, political party -- (an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level")