a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority

the ideas of the European federalists

a member or supporter of the Federalist Party

they captured the legislative and the executive branches of the federal government from the Federalists

relating to or denoting a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority

the federalist structure of the American system of government

denoting or pertaining to the Federalist Party

it was not a weapon that could reach the Federalist judges