Liberal party

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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.

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How to use Liberal party in a sentence

Obviously, the first obligation of all liberal democratic governments is to enforce the rule of law.
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To be a liberal, you have to stand up for liberal principles.
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Neither the Republican nor the Democratic party have done anything to consistently target Asian- American voters.
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Although the NFL party animal loves flaunting his washboard abs, he seems more fratboy than Fabio.
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Eva Silverman, who co-hosts an Oakland Dinner Party, agrees.
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But the liberal soul deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand.
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Walls End Castle, when the party broke up, returned to its normal state.
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To give him a party name, he became an anti-clerical, strictly in a political and lawful sense.
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Native women were not interfered with by either party, nor were the foreigners, many of whom took refuge at the British Consulate.
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She must be freed through the progress of Liberal ideas in France and Germany—not by her own inherent energies.
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British Dictionary definitions for 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

one of the major political parties in Australia, a conservative party, generally opposed to the Labor Party

one of the major political parties in Canada, generally representing viewpoints between those of the Progressive Conservative Party and the New Democratic Party

any other party supporting liberal policies

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