English Explanatory Dictionary

Know-Nothing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a secret antiforeigner political organization in the nineteenth-century United States.
adj
  1. Ignorant; characterized by foolish denial of facts or beliefs in that which is not true.
noun
  1. An ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge.

Word forms

Know-Nothing Know-Nothings

Etymology

Party members claimed to know nothing about the party when questioned.

Synonyms

ignoramus

Derived words

Know-Nothingism know-nothingness
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