biparty

[ bahy-pahr-tee ]

adjective

1. representing two distinct parties:

   a biparty investigating committee.

Word History and Origins

Origin of biparty¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; bi- ¹ + party

Example Sentences

But it was actually the biparty line from members of Congress as they returned for a lame-duck session after an election that will give the Senate majority back to the Republicans in January and make the divide between the White House and Congress a clear Democratic-GOP faceoff.

From US News

When Jefferson was Washington's Secretary of State Alexander Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury, and out of their struggles to control Father Washington's ear arose the biparty system.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a while, the Communists honored their promise of biparty "parity."

From Time Magazine Archive