LABOUR PARTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Labour Party mean? 

• LABOUR PARTY (noun)
  The noun LABOUR PARTY has 2 senses:

1. a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries

2. a left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people

  Familiarity information: LABOUR PARTY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LABOUR PARTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

British Labour Party; Labor; Labour; Labour Party

Hypernyms ("Labour Party" is a kind of...):

labor party; labour party (a left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people)

Meronyms (members of "Labour Party"):

Labourite (a member of the British Labour Party)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

labor party; labour party

Hypernyms ("labour party" is a kind of...):

party; political party (an organization to gain political power)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "labour party"):

Australian Labor Party (the oldest political party in Australia, founded in 1891; the party is moderately liberal)

British Labour Party; Labor; Labour; Labour Party (a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries)