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Liberty party

American  

noun

U.S. History.
  1. the first antislavery political party, organized in 1839 and merged with the Free Soil party in 1848.


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But the hours leading up to the vote had revealed deep fissures in Berlusconi’s once dominant People of Liberty party.

From Time • Oct. 2, 2013

In that vote, Mr. Letta’s center-left Democratic Party placed first, but without a majority to govern, and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right People of Liberty party placed second.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2013

Talks began this morning and Napolitano is due to meet the two largest parties, Berlusconi’s People of Liberty party and the Democratic Party, later this afternoon.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 13, 2011

Fini, who had disbanded his national alliance party to form the People of Liberty party with Berlusconi before the 2008 elections, broke with the premier in July 2010 and took dozens of supporters with him.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 13, 2011

At midnight the junior watch officer called the captain, who had turned in several hours earlier, and reported: "Liberty party all on board, sir."

From The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets Or, the Fall of the German Navy by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)