214: party July 10, 2015
The idea of a party has a few different meanings:
"a social gathering of invited guests", and also "a formally constituted political group." This word derives from Middle English (denoting a body of people united in opposition to others): based on Latin 'partiri' which means ‘divide into parts’. Sense 1 of this noun dates from the early 18th century, in the sense of a much less oppositional [than a political assembly] gathering.
"a social gathering of invited guests", and also "a formally constituted political group." This word derives from Middle English (denoting a body of people united in opposition to others): based on Latin 'partiri' which means ‘divide into parts’. Sense 1 of this noun dates from the early 18th century, in the sense of a much less oppositional [than a political assembly] gathering.