† constitutionern.
Obsolete.
1. A framer or writer of constitutions.
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constitutioner1716
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 382.
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 383 Those sham Apostolical Constitutioners.
2. A supporter of a (political) constitution.At Oxford in 18th cent., A member of the Constitution Club, loyal to the principles of the Revolution, and obnoxious to the Tory majority in the University.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > constitutionalism > adherent of
constitutioner1721
constitutionist1735
constitutionalist1782
constitutional1793
1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1726) xliii. 235 There is in the university of Oxford..a dreadful register, call'd the blackbook..At present it is made use of to vent party spleen, and is fill'd up with whigs, constitutioners, and bangorians.
1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1726) l. 282 A formal presentment of the constitutioners, as..enemies to monarchy.
1731 A. Bower Historia Litteraria 2 452 The Regent..found out this Expedient, viz. to have a Body of Doctrines..drawn up in such a manner, as to please both Constitutioners and Appellants.
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