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  Liberal party

  noun

  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
  Liberal Party

  noun

  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

Liberal party

American  

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.

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Liberal Party British  

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

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"We're trying, actually, to get rid of screens as much as possible," says Joar Forsell, an education spokesperson for the Liberal party whose leader is Sweden's education minister.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

"Carney has built a big tent, attracting members of parliament who would not normally be associated with the Liberal party," Sevi told the BBC.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

Representatives for Perry and Trudeau's Liberal party did not immediately respond to the BBC's request for comment.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025

Peter Dutton, the Liberal party leader, also lost his own seat of Dickson, which he had held for the past 24 years.

From BBC ● May 4, 2025

Cobden might reasonably be of opinion that no party can do so much harm as starvation, and therefore felt justified in possibly destroying the Liberal party to save the people.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

Carney’s Liberal Party has a 12-point lead over the Conservative Party, according to a poll this week by Ottawa-based Abacus Data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

This month, nationwide members of the governing Liberal Party approved a nonbinding resolution calling for a ban on the use of AI chatbots for youth under the age of 16.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party gained a majority and seeks to diversify markets.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

Members of his own Liberal Party have openly criticised his handling of the events.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

I later visited Patrick Duncan, the editor and publisher of the liberal weekly Contact, a founding member of the Liberal Party, and one of the first white defiers during the Defiance Campaign.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela