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Conservative

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(1):

(a.) Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation.

(2):

(a.) Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

(3):

(a.) Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; - contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical.

(4):

(n.) One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.

(5):

(n.) One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; - opposed to revolutionary or radical.

(6):

(n.) A member of the Conservative party.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Conservative'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/conservative.html. 1828.
 
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