Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. 
 a member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government; 
2. 
 an advocate of federalism; 
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Federalist \Fed"er*al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. f['e]d['e]raliste.]
   An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a
   friend of the Constitution of the United States at its
   formation and adoption; a member of the political party which
   favored the administration of president Washington.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Federalist
    n 1: a member of a former political party in the United States
         that favored a strong centralized federal government
    2: an advocate of federalism
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "federalist":
   absolute, aristocratic, authoritarian, autocratic, autonomous,
   bureaucratic, civic, civil, constitutional, democratic, despotic,
   dictatorial, fascist, federal, federalistic, governmental,
   gubernatorial, heteronomous, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal,
   monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, official, oligarchal,
   oligarchic, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal,
   patriarchic, pluralistic, political, republican, self-governing,
   theocratic, totalitarian