right wing

 

noun

(the right wing)
  • 1the conservative or reactionary section of a political party or system: a candidate from the right wing of the party
    [with reference to the National Assembly in France (1789–91), where the nobles sat to the president's right and the commons to the left]
  • 2the right side of a team on the field in soccer, rugby, and field hockey: he reverted to his normal position on the right wing
  • the right side of an army: at Austerlitz in 1805 he commanded the right wing of the Allied army

adjective

  • conservative or reactionary: a right-wing Republican senator

Derivatives

right-winger

noun