world federalist
Americannoun
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a promoter or supporter of world federalism.
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(initial capital letters) a member of a movement, active since 1947, proposing a world government on a federal basis, having powers of maintaining order and peace among the nations.
Etymology
Origin of world federalist
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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After World War II service as OWI foreign-lan-guage chief, Cranston became a staunch world federalist, then helped found the liberal California Democratic Council.
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