Liberal party

noun

1. a political party in Great Britain, formed about 1830 as a fusion of Whigs and Radicals and constituting one of the dominant British parties in the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries.

Liberal Party

noun

1. one of the former major political parties in Britain; in 1988 merged with the Social Democratic Party to form the Social and Liberal Democrats; renamed the Liberal Democrats in 1989
2. one of the major political parties in Australia, a conservative party, generally opposed to the Labor Party
3. one of the major political parties in Canada, generally representing viewpoints between those of the Progressive Conservative Party and the New Democratic Party
4. any other party supporting liberal policies

Example Sentences

The leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada is open, and the son of the late Pierre Trudeau is seeking the job.

From The Daily Beast

Historically, Likud has been a liberal party committed to “greater Israel.”

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When the ALP was taken over by the communists, it broke away and helped form the Liberal Party.

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Though a pacifist and Liberal party mayoral candidate, he was smeared as a “medic to guerrillas.”

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He subsequently ran in the general election as a Liberal Party candidate—and won.

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In parliament he continued to lend the most effective help to the Liberal party.

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As for patronage, it has been said that no appointment was ever solicited for anyone by a member of the liberal party.

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All this is done too, in the 19th century, and by those who claim to be the only enlightened and liberal party on the continent.

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The result of the elections, which were held on September 21, 1911, was the crushing defeat of the Liberal party.

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In saying this Mr. O'Mahony expressed the feeling of the club, and the feeling of the Liberal party generally.

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