America Firster

noun

variants or less commonly America-firster

plural America Firsters also America-firsters

1

: a member of a former organization (the America First Committee) that opposed U.S. entry into World War II

2

: an American who believes that the interests of the U.S. should always take priority over those of other countries and that the U.S. should avoid involvement in international affairs

Meanwhile, grass-roots conservative activists, from Christian social conservatives who felt betrayed by Carter to America-firsters outraged by the loss of the Panama Canal, had mobilized like never before …

—Steve Kornacki, New York Observer, 26 June 2008

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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