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Williamite, n. and a.|ˈwɪljəmaɪt|
[f. the name William + -ite1. In sense 1 = mod.L. Guil-, Wilhelmita, F. Guillemite, etc.]
A. n.
†1. A member of an order of Augustinian hermits: = guillemin. Obs.
[1549Chaloner Erasm. on Folly N j b, Those Augustines, these Guilhelmites, those Iacobites.] 1668J. Wilson tr. Erasmus' Praise of Folly 109 These Williamites, and those Jacobines. 1693tr. d'Emiliane's Mon. Orders vii. 49 Heremitical Congregations, which were spread..under different names, and especially of the Williamites, and Zambonites.
2. A supporter of William of Orange (King William III): opp. to Jacobite n.4 Also attrib.
1689[see Jacobite n.4]. 1706Hearne Collect. (O.H.S.) I. 193 Upon y⊇ Revolution he grew a mighty Williamite. 1854J. C. O'Callaghan Hist. Irish Brigades I. 209 To oppose the Williamite invasion under the Marshal Duke of Schonberg. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xvi. III. 697 The infamous triumvirs who had been, in the short space of a year, violent Williamites and violent Jacobits, became Williamites again. 1901Athenæum 16 Nov. 654/3 [Fitzgerald Molloy] is as much a Jacobite in his sympathies as Macaulay was a Williamite.
B. adj. Of glass: bearing portraits or emblems of William III, as an indication of anti-Jacobite feelings.
1905P. Bate Eng. Table Glass xii. 105 No. 213 is a Williamite glass bearing the inscription—‘The immortal memory’; others read, ‘To the glorious memory of King William’. 1936Burlington Mag. Oct. p. xxiii/1 Many specimens of engraved glasses including Jacobite specimens..and Williamite, Volunteer and other inscribed glasses. 1973Country Life 22 Mar. Suppl. 72/2 A rare Williamite glass. |