Federalist

== English == === Etymology === From federal +‎ -ist, formed in contrast with earlier anti-federalist. === Noun === Federalist (plural Federalists) (US politics, historical) A member of the Federalist Party, an 18th- and 19th-century conservative, liberal US political party which was one of two major parties under the First Party System. Antonyms: Republican, Democratic-Republican, Antifederalist ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== federalist ==== See also ==== Whig Democrat Free Soil === References === “federalist, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.