[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

party \par"ty\ paumr"ty^, n.; pl. parties
   paumr"ti^z. f. parti and partie, fr. f. partir to
   part, divide, l. partire, partiri. see part, v.
   1. a part or portion. obs. "the most party of the time."
      --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            win the noble brutus to our party.    --shak.
      1913 webster

            the peace both parties want is like to last.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. a part of a larger body of company; a detachment;
      especially mil., a small body of troops dispatched on
      special service.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   6. the plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an
      individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant.
      1913 webster

            the cause of both parties shall come before the
            judges.                               --ex. xxii. 9.
      1913 webster

   7. hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed
      or antagonistic to another.
      1913 webster

            if the jury found that the party slain was of
            english race, it had been adjudged felony. --sir j.
                                                  davies.
      1913 webster

   8. cause; side; interest.
      1913 webster

            have you nothing said
            upon this party 'gainst the duke of albany? --shak.
      1913 webster

   9. a person; as, he is a queer party. now accounted a
      vulgarism.
      1913 webster

   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." --fitzed.
         hall.
         1913 webster

   party jury law, a jury composed of different parties, as
      one which is half natives and half foreigners.

   party man, a partisan. --swift.

   party spirit, a factious and unreasonable temper, not
      uncommonly shown by party men. --whately.

   party verdict, a joint verdict. --shak.

   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.
          1913 webster
see also:
parties part party jury party man party spirit party verdict 
party wall 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

party man
     n : a member of a political party who follows strictly the party
         line syn: party liner
see also:
party liner 

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