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GOP

abbr.

Grand Old Party (Republican Party)

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GOP

(in the US) abbreviation for

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Grand Old Party: a nickname for the Republican Party

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GOP

or G.O.P.,

Grand Old Party (an epithet of the Republican Party since 1880).

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Noun

GOP - the younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party

Republican Party

party, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

Republican - a member of the Republican Party

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GOP

N ABBR (US) (Pol) =Grand Old Party → Partido m Republicano

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GOP

[ˌdʒiːəʊˈpiː] n abbr (Am) (Pol) (fam) =Grand Old Party → partito repubblicano

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