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Venizelist, a. and n.|vɛnɪˈzeɪlɪst|
[f. the name of the Greek statesman Eleuthérios Venizélos (1864–1936) + -ist.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or supporting Venizélos or his political policies.
1915Times 12 June 5/3 The Venizelist Press, in discussing the Government electoral programme, observes that the promised reforms are almost the same as those brought forward by M. Venizelos. 1916Morning Post 25 Apr. 6/5 (heading) Repressing a Venizelist ovation. 1920Glasgow Herald 4 May 7 Even the so-called Venizelist Divisions were nothing more than a collection of supers. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Mar. 218/2 He confesses that..he was blown about by every wind of doctrine—now Venizelist, now Royalist. 1946R. Capell Simiomata ii. 61 There were senior officers of integrity, old Venizelist colonels like Tsamákos and Matsoukos in Thessaly. 1972D. Dakin Unification of Greece xvi. 238 The majority of the government was moderate Venizelist. 1980J. Lees-Milne Harold Nicolson I. vi. 84 Harold..was..put to work on..the supply of stores to the Venizelist forces in Egypt.
B. n. A supporter or adherent of Venizélos or his political policies.
1915Times 15 June 5/3 The processions formed by the Venizelists became so numerous that several attempts were made by the cavalry to disperse them. 1920V. J. Seligman Victory of Venizelos 8 The views..of leading ‘Venizelists’ and ‘Constantinians’. 1946R. Capell Simiomata iii. 127 There used to be furious feeling between Venizelists and monarchists. 1981Times Lit. Suppl. 22 May 584/3 Is it not a little unfair to say that there have been no distinguished Cretans apart from King Midas and El Greco? The verdict will not please the Venizelists.
Hence Veniˈzelism.
1931C. Mackenzie First Athenian Memories xv. 380 This result was not gained merely by abstentions in the Islands and the new territories where Venizelism was naturally predominant. |