a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
Examples from the web for federalist
They accused the leadership of packing the conference with supporters to insure a favorable vote on the federalist platform.
Let's hire a communist for political science and a federalist for the history program.
Such federalist proposals are intellectually coherent-and politically doomed.
British Dictionary definitions for federalist
Federalist
/ˈfɛdərəlɪst/
noun
1.
a supporter or member of the Federalist party
adjective
2.
characteristic of the Federalists
Word Origin and History for federalist
n.
"member or supporter of the Federal party in U.S. politics," originally of supporters of the Philadelphia constitution, 1787, American English, from federal + -ist. General sense of "one who supports federal union" is from 1792.