Liberal Party

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Liberal Party noun

1. one of the former major political parties in Britain; in 1988 merged with the Social Democratic Party to form the Social and Liberal Democrats; renamed the Liberal Democrats in 1989
2. one of the major political parties in Australia, a conservative party, generally opposed to the Labor Party
3. any other party supporting liberal policies

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Lib′eral par′ty, 

1. Government a political party in Great Britain, formed about 1830 as a fusion of Whigs and Radicals and constituting one of the dominant British parties in the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries.