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con⋅sti⋅tu⋅tion⋅al⋅ist

  [kon-sti-too-shuh-nl-ist, -tyoo-]
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–noun
1. an adherent or advocate of constitutionalism or of an existing constitution.
2. an expert on a political constitution.
Origin:
1760–70; constitutional + -ist
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con·sti·tu·tion·al·ism   (kŏn'stĭ-tōō'shə-nə-lĭz'əm, -tyōō'-)   
n.  

  1. Government in which power is distributed and limited by a system of laws that must be obeyed by the rulers.

    1. A constitutional system of government.

    2. Advocacy of such a system.

con'sti·tu'tion·al·ist n.
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