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Land league
An association of Irish tenant farmers and others, organized in 1879 by Charles Stewart Parnell under the name of ‘The Irish National Land League’ (and suppressed by the Government in 1881), having for its object primarily the reduction of rent, and ultimately the carrying out of radical changes in the Irish land-laws, e.g. by the substitution of peasant proprietors for landlords. Hence ˈLand-league v. trans., to treat according to the principles of the Land League. ˈLand-leaguer, a member of or sympathizer with the Land League. ˈLand-leaguism, the principles or practice of the Land League.
1880Libr. Univ. Knowl. (N.Y.) VIII. 136 The incendiary speeches of the Land Leaguers. 1881Times 17 Jan. 12/2 The Land League strikes at the root of Irish misery. 1881C. Gibbon Heart's Problem iv. (1884) 56 He could quite believe that the old tailor and his family had gone to America on some Land League commission. 1881Sullivan in Macm. Mag. XLIV. 343 The Land League and Land Leaguism have kept the peace in Ulster on this occasion. 1886Sat. Rev. 6 Mar. 315/2 A Welsh Parliament, in which they might disestablish the hated Church, land-league the landlords. |