Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Party (parties)
party (parties), n. [ME < Fr. < L. partīre, to part.] (webplay: company, contract, design, flower, man, opposition, part, persons, separates).
- Witness; bystander; observer; onlooker; spectator.
- Participant; concerned person; one involved.
- Creature; being; individual.
- Actor; character.
- Company of friends; group of guests; host of angels.
- Litigant; opposing side in a dispute; participant in a lawsuit.
- Holiday; gathering; festival.
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