Grass-roots

Full definition of grass-roots

Adjective

1. Alternative spelling of grassroots
• 2012, November 7, Matt Bai, Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, Another Bush — George W.’s brother Jeb — is likely to be a big player in the Republican Party’s future. And the most powerful grass-roots force in America, the Tea Party, derives its energy mostly from the same older, white voters who once vilified Bill Clinton.