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Parnellism|ˈpɑːnɛlɪz(ə)m|
[See -ism.]
The principles or policy of the party of Irish members in the House of Commons led by Charles Stewart Parnell from 1880 to 1891, whose aim was to establish Home Rule in Ireland. So ˈParnellite, a member of this party, a follower of C. S. Parnell.
1881E. W. Hamilton Diary 26 Jan. (1972) I. 102 This nettled the Parnellites, and they intimated they would fight to the death. 1882Ibid. 30 Apr. 259 Wednesday was quite an important day, as it was taken up by the discussion of the bill brought in by the Parnellite party, with the name of Parnell himself on the bill. 1885Spectator 20 June 808/2 We desire..to see the Liberal party win at the next elections, and win so completely that both Toryism and Parnellism will be powerless. 1887Ibid. 28 May 723/1 The shameless and persistent obstruction of the Parnellite members. 1892W. B. Yeats Lett. (1954) 222 Parnellite Dublin and the Parnellite young men in the country parts. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Sept. 708/1 His anecdote of the Parnellite in an Irish theatre. 1936W. B. Yeats Poems (1957) 586 Come gather round me, Parnellites, And praise our chosen man. 1939Joyce Finnegans Wake 307 Are Parnellites Just towards Henry Tudor? |