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☆ Republican Party

  1. one of the two major political parties in the U.S., organized in 1854 to oppose the extension of slavery
  2. a former political party in the U.S., organized by Thomas Jefferson

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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