# Know-Nothing

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A member of a secret antiforeigner political organization in the nineteenth-century United States.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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