National Convention

noun

1. French History.,  the legislature of France 1792–95.

2. U.S. Politics.,  a convention held every four years by each of the major political parties to nominate a presidential candidate.

National Convention

noun

1. a convention held every four years by each major US political party to choose its presidential candidate

2. French history the longest-lasting of the revolutionary assemblies, lasting from Sept 1792 to Oct 1795, when it was replaced by the Directory

Example Sentences

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, speaking Friday at the Federalist Society’s national convention, described the standoff as “a war” between the administration and what he described as “rogue, activist judges.”

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She was a major Democratic fundraiser, who helped lure the party’s 1984 national convention to her adopted home town.

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Garfield wasn’t even seeking the nomination when he spoke on behalf of another candidate at the Republican National Convention of 1880, but his speech so moved the delegates that they eventually persuaded him to accept the nomination after more than 30 votes failed to produce another winner.

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Barack Obama’s 2004 speech at the Democratic National Convention, where he presented “a strong and confident, optimistic vision for the future of our country.”

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That the longtime Ohio congressman did not seek but was drafted for the job — a compromise chosen, against his protests, on the 36th ballot at the 1880 Republican National Convention, where he’d given a stirring speech to nominate a fellow Ohioan, Treasury Secretary John Sherman — made him, one might say, especially qualified for the job; unlike some politicians one might name, he was self-effacing and humble and not out for personal gain.

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