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repealer|rɪˈpiːlə(r)|
[f. repeal v.1 + -er1.]
One who repeals or advocates repeal.
1765Blackstone Comm. Introd. I. 9 They are..the makers, repealers, and interpreters of the English laws. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. IV. xxix. 46 Grenville heard..one of the repealers of his stamp act propose a revenue from port duties. 1884Law Times LXXVIII. 98/1 If the Corn Law repealers had known of this precedent.
b. spec. An advocate of the repeal of the Union between Great Britain and Ireland.
1831Fraser's Mag. IV. 629/1 There were..some little murmurings amongst the more clear-sighted and determined of the repealers. 1848W. J. O'N. Daunt Recoll. O'Connell I. i. 10 Nor is the injustice of any individual government to Ireland the sole reason why Irishmen are Repealers. 1861Goldw. Smith Irish Hist. 180 The Repealers..betray their misgivings as to the soundness of their theory.
So reˈpealist.
1831Fraser's Mag. IV. 629/1 Such were the murmurings of some of the sterner repealists. |