Centre Party
Preserved but no longer current.
In politics, the party occupying a place between two extremes: the left centre is the more radical wing, and the right centre the more conservative. In the French Revolution the Centre of the Legislative Assembly included the friends of order.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Centre Party” mean?
In politics, the party occupying a place between two extremes: the left centre is the more radical wing, and the right centre the more conservative. In the French Revolution the Centre of the Legislative Assembly included the friends of order.
Is “Centre Party” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.