Conservative
Definition of Conservative
Con`serv´a`tive | a. | 1. | Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative. | | 2. | Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation. | | 3. | Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; - contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical. | | n. | 1. | One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver. | | 2. | One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; - opposed to revolutionary or radical. | | 3. | (Eng. Hist.) A member of the Conservative party. |
Related Words
Democrat, Labourite, Republican, Tory, Whig, heeler, loyalist, partisan, party faithful, party hack, party man, party member, party wheelhorse, registered Democrat, registered Republican, regular, stalwart, ward heeler, wheelhorse
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