noun
6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848)
• Syn: ↑Adams, ↑President Adams, ↑President John Quincy Adams
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑President of the United States, ↑United States President, ↑President, ↑Chief Executive
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(1767–1848) the sixth ↑President of the US. He was not a popular president because his government passed a tariff act (= a tax on imports). He had had more success earlier as ↑Secretary of State, helping to write the ↑Monroe Doctrine and adding ↑Florida as a state. He was the son of John ↑Adams.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.