noun
25th President of the United States; was assassinated by an anarchist (1843-1901)
• Syn: ↑McKinley, ↑President McKinley
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑President of the United States, ↑United States President, ↑President, ↑Chief Executive
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(1843–1901) the 25th US ↑President (1897–1901). He was a US officer during the Civil War and a Republican who served twice in the US House of Representatives (1877–83 and 1885–91) and as ↑governor of ↑Ohio (1892–6). US power increased greatly during his time as President. He supported the ↑Spanish-American War and trade with China, and created the highest ↑tariffs (= taxes on imports) in US history. He was murdered by an ↑anarchist (= a person who believes there should be no laws or government).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.