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factionist|ˈfækʃənɪst|
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
a. One who promotes or leads a faction.
b. A member of a faction, partisan. Also attrib.
1609Bp. W. Barlow Answ. Nameless Cath. 67 A Libeller by custom, a Factionist in Societie. 1625Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsar ii. xxiv. 271 Wee live with Puritans and opposite factionists. 1718Strype Life Whitgift i. xiii. 76 He [Dr. Still]..kept a strict Hand over the growing Factionists. 1830D'Israeli Chas. I, III. i. 5 Leaders..may degenerate into factionists. 1891Daily News 31 Oct. 6/5 The Parnellites were simultaneously holding a meeting, which was addressed by the factionist leaders. |