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Pittite1|ˈpɪtaɪt| [See -ite1 1 b.] An adherent of the English statesman William Pitt (1759–1806), or of his policy. Also attrib.
1808Moore Intolerance iii, E'en thy Pittite heart Would burn. 1812L. Hunt in Examiner 25 May 321/1 The remains of the Pittite Cabinet. 1834Macaulay Pitt Misc. 1860 II. 372 The haters of parliamentary reform called themselves Pittites. So ˈPittism, the policy of William Pitt.
1809Scott Let. to G. Ellis 3 Nov. in Lockhart, The large and sound party who profess Pittism. 1862Fraser's Mag. July 45 The advantage of professing an orthodox ‘Pittism’ and Protestantism, articles of great gain in 1827 and 1828. |