Usually means: Advocates for social and political reform.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. progressives: Merriam-Webster
  2. progressives: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. progressives: Collins English Dictionary
  4. progressives: Vocabulary.com
  5. Progressive's, Progressives, progressive's, progressives: Wordnik
  6. progressives: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Progressives, progressives: Wiktionary
  8. Progressives: Dictionary.com
  9. Progressives (Canada), Progressives (Scotland), Progressives, The Progressives (Latvia), The Progressives: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Progressives: Legal dictionary

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  1. Progressives: Encyclopedia

(Note: See progressive as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (progressive)

adjective:  Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.
adjective:  Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.
adjective:  Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods.
adjective:  (politics) Liberal.
adjective:  (education) Of or relating to progressive education.
adjective:  (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.
adjective:  Advancing in severity.
adjective:  (grammar) Continuous.
noun:  One with liberal or progressive political beliefs.
noun:  A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.
noun:  (grammar) A progressive verb; a verb used in the progressive tense and (in English) generally conjugated to end in -ing.
adjective:  Belonging to or supporting a Progressive Party.
adjective:  Of or pertaining to such a party, its policies, or its membership.
noun:  A member or supporter of a Progressive Party.
noun:  Clipping of progressive dinner. [A dinner party in which each successive course is prepared and eaten at the residence of a different host.]
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