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Party man   /pˈɑrti mæn/   Listen
noun
Party  n.  (pl. parties)  
1.
A part or portion. (Obs.) "The most party of the time."
2.
A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy. "Win the noble Brutus to our party." "The peace both parties want is like to last."
3.
A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), A small body of troops dispatched on special service.
4.
A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party.
5.
One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract.
6.
The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. "The cause of both parties shall come before the judges."
7.
Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. "If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony."
8.
Cause; side; interest. "Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany?"
9.
A person; as, he is a queer party. (Now accounted a vulgarism.) Note: "For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession."
Party jury (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners.
Party man, a partisan.
Party spirit, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men.
Party verdict, a joint verdict.
Party wall.
(a)
(Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property.
(b)
(Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row.






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"Party man" Quotes from Famous Books



... expectant peer, Mr. Bult, an esteemed party man who, rather neutral in private life, had strong opinions concerning the districts of the Niger, was much at home also in Brazils, spoke with decision of affairs in the South Seas, was studious of his Parliamentary and itinerant ...
— Daniel Deronda • George Eliot

... another powerful and most beneficial influence which is also exercised by the crown. Gentlemen, I am a party man. I believe that, without party, parliamentary government is impossible. I look upon parliamentary government as the noblest government in the world, and certainly the one most suited to England. But without the discipline of political connection, animated by the principle ...
— The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) • Various

... contemporaries add the note of the party man to his individualistic impressionism, and all three are strong apologists of the Revolution. Lamartine extols the Girondins; Blanc sanctifies Robespierre, whom he mistakes for an apostle of socialism; Michelet, ...
— The French Revolution - A Short History • R. M. Johnston

... Committees.*—The presiding officer of the Deputies is known as the president. He is elected by the Chamber and, far from being a mere moderator, as is the Speaker of the British House of Commons, he is ordinarily an aggressive party man, not indisposed to quit the chair to participate in debate, and therefore bearing an interesting resemblance to the Speaker of the American House of Representatives. Besides the president, there are four vice-presidents, eight secretaries, and three questors, ...
— The Governments of Europe • Frederic Austin Ogg

... the twelve or fifteen States of the great valley of the Mississippi, stretching and reposing like so many giants in their slumbers. O! now I see your heart is full—it can take in no more. Who now feels like he was a party man, or a southern man, or a northern man? Who does not feel that he is an American, and thankful to Heaven that his lot was cast in such a goodly land? When did mental vision ever rest on such a scene? Moses, when standing on the top of Mount Pisgah, looking ...
— Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; • William Gannaway Brownlow

... known to perform under circumstances where they were least to be expected. This perhaps was one reason why they made so strong an impression upon the people, and were so distinctly remembered to his advantage. It is true he was a violent party man, but then he wanted coolness to adjust his principles, and thus make them subservient to his private interests. For this reason, notwithstanding his strong and out-spoken prejudices, it was a well know fact, that the Roman Catholic ...
— The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine • William Carleton



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