[pop.u.list] n [L populus the people] (1892) 1: a member of a political party claiming to represent the common people; esp, often cap: a member of a U.S. political party formed in 1891 primarily to represent agrarian interests and to advocate the free coinage of silver and government control of monopolies
2: a believer in the rights, wisdom, or virtues of the common people -- pop.u.lism n -- pop.u.lis.tic adj
[2]populist adj (1893) 1 often cap: of, relating to, or characterized by populism
2: popular 1,
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