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Palmerstonian, a.|pɑːməˈstəʊnɪən|
[f. the name of Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, English statesman (1784–1865) + -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Lord Palmerston, or the forceful, assertive diplomacy associated with him. Also as n., a supporter of Lord Palmerston. So Palmerˈstonianism; ˈPalmerstonism.
1854Punch 17 June 246/2 We also wish he [sc. Lord Palmerston] would open a school in Downing Street wherein to furnish instruction in penmanship on the Palmerstonian system. 1858Illustr. News of World 24 Apr. 187/1 Exposed to an attack from Palmerston and the Palmerstonians. Ibid. 5 June 283/2 Thunderbolts in the Times which made Mr. Disraeli, at Slough, virtuously protest against Palmerstonian corruption of the press. 1866R. S. Charnock Verba Nominalia 217 Palmerstonism,..old-soldierism; soft-soap. 1898Westm. Gaz. 14 Dec. 8/1 The revived Palmerstonianism of Lord Rosebery. 1900[see Eldonian a.]. 1927Observer 20 Nov. 10/2 Because, in the hard old Palmerstonian phrase, we are not geese. 1928Ibid. 11 Mar. 6/4 In private he was never chary of urging his chief to a more Palmerstonian line of policy. 1946J. W. Day Harvest Adventure xii. 195 One old man, with a Palmerstonian pippin face, in a full-skirted, snuff⁓coloured greatcoat with a velvet collar, talked of Culford as had done the beater half an hour before. 1954A. J. P. Taylor Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918 414 Lansdowne did not need much encouragement to abandon the bankrupt Palmerstonian policy. 1966Economist 12 Nov. 683/2 Palmerstonism was already hopelessly bankrupt. 1973Listener 7 June 742/1 You will wonder why such a Palmerstonian view of television cuts any ice with the broadcasting authorities. |