- (a.) Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state or from loss, waste or injury; preservative.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; -- contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical.
- (n.) One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.
- (n.) A member of the Conservative party.
- (a.) Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation.
- (n.) One who or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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