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American party
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noun
1.
an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
2.
an agnostic.
3.
(initial capital letters) U.S. History. a member of a political party (American party or Know-Nothing party) prominent from 1853 to 1856, whose aim was to keep control of the government in the hands of native-born citizens: so called because members originally professed ignorance of the party's activities.
4.
a person whose anti-intellectualism, xenophobia, and other political attitudes recall the Know-Nothings.
adjective
5.
grossly ignorant; totally uninformed.
7.
(initial capital letters) of or pertaining to the Know-Nothings.
8.
of or pertaining to a political know-nothing.
Origin:
1815–25
1815–25
Related forms
know-noth·ing·ism, noun
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| american party | |
noun | |
| a former political party in the United States; active in the 1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and Roman Catholics |
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