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Anti-ˈMason U.S. [anti-1 5.] One who is opposed to Freemasonry, used esp. (in the U.S.) of a member of the Anti-Masonic (political) Party.
1828in T. Weed Autobiogr. (1883) xxvi. 307 If under these multiplied difficulties the Anti-Masons incline to bestow their votes upon Mr. Southwick. 1838Congress. Globe Apr., App. 275/1 Counterfeit Democrats, National Republicans, Antimasons and Abolitionists. 1878J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xii. 186 They parted and held their own, and they daresn't an anti-mason show hisself. So Anti-Maˈsonic a.; Anti-ˈMasonry.
1826(title) The Anti-Masonic Enquirer. 1827in T. W. Barnes Mem. T. Weed (1883) 31 The subject of my communication was anti-Masonry. 1828–30H. D. Ward (title) The Anti-Masonic Review and Magazine. 1841Emerson Misc. 219 Anti-masonry had a deep right and wrong, which gradually emerged to sight out of the turbid controversy. 1880H. O'Rielly (title) American Political-Antimasonry. 1899A. H. Quinn Pennsylv. Stories 59 His grandfather..had been one of the local leaders of the Anti-Masonic party. |