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▪ I. parliamenteer, n.|pɑːlɪmənˈtɪə(r)|
Also 7 -eir, 7–8 -ier.
[f. parliament n. + -eer1.]
1. Hist. = parliamentarian n. 2.
1642Pr. Rupert's Jrnl. 10 Nov. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) XIII. 731 The Parliamentiers came to treate at Colebrooke. 1643Ibid. 21 Sept. ibid. 735. 1643 Prynne Popish R. Favourite 73, I..beseech all protestant cavaliers, and Anti⁓parliamenteers whatsoever. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 463 He left five sons..who all (one excepted) proved zealous Parliamenteers. 1738Birch Life Milton App., M.'s Wks. 1738 I. 84 The very Destroyers of the King (whom the first Parliamentiers call'd Rebels). 1845Carlyle Cromwell (1885) I. 175 A Committee of Parliamenteers went with him.
2. = parliamentarian n. 3. rare.
1893National Observer 15 Apr. 543/2 Novelist or play⁓wright, painter or parliamenteer.
Hence parliamenˈteership nonce-wd.
1840Carlyle Heroes vi, If my Protectorship is nothing; what in the name of wonder is your Parliamenteership?
▪ II. parliamenˈteer, v.
[f. prec. n.]
Rarely used exc. in parliamenˈteering vbl. n., engagement in parliamentary affairs, electioneering; ppl. a. occupied with parliamentary affairs. (Cf. mountaineering, etc.)
1711Brit. Apollo III. No. 151. 2/2 A Parliamenteering to Chelmsford..I lately rid down. 1722(title) The Art of Parliamenteering. 1789Gouv. Morris in Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) II. 63 All are engaged in parliamenteering. 1871Carlyle in Mrs. C.'s Lett. II. 374 William Harcourt, the now lawyering, parliamenteering, &c.; loud man. |