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British party Hist.

• a political group in Upper and Lower Canada who supported the traditional British connection (def. 2).

  See also: British connection (def. 2)  English party  

  • 1832  Mackenzie . . . had the audacity to dare the British party to a meeting. . . .
  • 1860  These are the leaders of the British party, par excellence, and they suffer a man like Mr. Cartier to dictate to them what shall be the boundaries of this British Province.