[noh-nuhth-ing] 
| 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. |
| 5. | grossly ignorant; totally uninformed. |
| 6. | agnostic. |
| 7. | (initial capital letters) of or pertaining to the Know-Nothings. |
| 8. | of or pertaining to a political know-nothing. |
| know-noth·ing (nō'nŭth'ĭng) n.
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