Advertisement

Advertisement

National Party

noun

  1. (in New Zealand) the more conservative of the two main political parties
  2. (in Australia) a political party drawing its main support from rural areas Former nameNational Country Party
  3. (in South Africa) a political party composed mainly of centre-to-right-wing Afrikaners, which ruled from 1948 until the country's first multiracial elections in 1994: renamed the New National Party (NNP) in 1999 See also Progressive Federal Party United Party
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

With support from the national party, the “Good Trouble Fest” was an opportunity for local Democrats distressed about the direction of the country, and perhaps tired of waiting for elected reps to come to the rescue, to gather, talk to each other, and discover ways to get more engaged in politics themselves.

From

does a vice chair of a national party organization do?

From

If he wants to be a leader of a national party organization, which tends to focus on helping its elected officials, he should do that job.

From

Kirsty Blackman, Scottish National Party MP for Aberdeen North, spoke to the BBC after removing fake QR codes from parking machines in the city.

From

Among those backing it was Ruth Richardson, a former finance minister for the centre-right National Party, who told the select committee that the proposed legislation was "a bill of consequence whose time has come".

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


National Park ServiceNational Physical Laboratory