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Party   /pˈɑrti/   Listen
noun
Party  n.  (pl. parties)  
1.
A part or portion. (Obs.) "The most party of the time."
2.
A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy. "Win the noble Brutus to our party." "The peace both parties want is like to last."
3.
A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), A small body of troops dispatched on special service.
4.
A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party.
5.
One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract.
6.
The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. "The cause of both parties shall come before the judges."
7.
Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. "If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony."
8.
Cause; side; interest. "Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany?"
9.
A person; as, he is a queer party. (Now accounted a vulgarism.) Note: "For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession."
Party jury (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners.
Party man, a partisan.
Party spirit, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men.
Party verdict, a joint verdict.
Party wall.
(a)
(Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property.
(b)
(Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row.


adjective
Party  adj.  
1.
(Her.) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.
2.
Partial; favoring one party; partisan. "I will be true judge, and not party."
Charter party. See under Charter.


adverb
Party  adv.  Partly. (Obs.)





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... congratulations as must arise from sentiments of loyalty to the monarchical constitution and of respect for the reigning family. His Royal Highness, it is understood, has preferred to have it treated simply as a private and domestic affair, entertaining a party of his personal friends, and not inviting any formal addresses from the representatives of municipal corporations or other public bodies. Nevertheless, it may be permitted to journalists, taking note of this period in the life of so important a contemporary personage, to express their ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 • Various
... London, having in the middle a curious candlestick with many lights. The third court is entered by a brazen gate of curious workmanship, and is the fairest of all, especially near the door of the sepulchre, where the pavement is curiously laid in party-coloured stones. The door is large, and all inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and the pavement about the tomb is all mosaic of different-coloured marbles. The tomb itself is splendidly adorned with mother-of-pearl ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII. • Robert Kerr
... before he can come to the root of the quarrel, the real philosophical divergence. All the resources of the arts of controversy find full play for silencing the opponent before the final philosophical answer is given. But to a modern student of philosophy, who belongs to no party and is consequently indifferent to the respective victory of either side, the most important thing is the comprehension of the different aspects from which the problem of the theory of knowledge and its associated metaphysical theory was looked ...
— A History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1 • Surendranath Dasgupta
... Hartford, for Governor, which made the most popular Democratic ticket that has ever been run in the State. Had it not been for the great anti-slavery feeling there was at this canvass, Mr. English would have been triumphantly elected. Many of the opposing party would been glad to have seen him elected, and would have voted for him, had it not been for the influence they thought it would have on the Presidential election. We heard many Republicans say this in New Haven, and ...
— History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, - and Life of Chauncey Jerome • Chauncey Jerome
... glances at the approaching men. It was now quite plain that they were not peasants, for they wore white coats and had black ribbons on their hats. Slimak's attention became so absorbed that he lagged behind, in the place which Magda usually occupied, instead of being at the head of the party. ...
— Selected Polish Tales • Various


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