American Party Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a former political party in the United States; active in the 1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and Roman Catholics
    Know-Nothing Party.

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Definitions
  1. (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power.

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