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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Know-Nothing Party
    n 1: a former political party in the United States; active in
         the 1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and
         Roman Catholics [syn: American Party, Know-Nothing
         Party]