bipartisan
[bahy-pahr-tuh-zuh n]
- representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.
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Origin of bipartisan
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binary, amphibian, diploid, bilateral, dual, bifurcate, amphibious, bicameral, bigeminal, binal, bipartisan, bipartite, dichotomic, dichotomous, distichous, dualistic, dyadicExamples from the Web for bi-partisan
Historical Examples of bi-partisan
He had not finished with this last measure, which had been passed by Bassett's bi-partisan combination over the governor's veto.
A Hoosier ChronicleMeredith Nicholson
These special interests which suck the people's substance are bi-partisan.
The Art of Public SpeakingDale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
When two years later the administration supported it weakly, the bi-partisan boss system killed it.
The Art of Public SpeakingDale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
bipartisan
- consisting of or supported by two political parties
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