de Gaullistadj.n.
= Gaullist adj. and n.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [adjective] > relating to or supporting specific politician
Robespierrist1876
Blanquist1879
Boulangist1889
Gaullist1941
Pétainist1941
de Gaullist1944
pétainiste1945
1944 H. G. Wells '42 to '44 63 It [sc. a novel] is, among other insanities, strongly de Gaullist.
1944 H. G. Wells '42 to '44 152 To build up a de Gaullist mentality in the infantile French mind.
1944 H. G. Wells '42 to '44 153 The de Gaullists in North Africa.
1946 W. S. Churchill Secret Session Speeches 82 Any admixture of De Gaullist troops at the outset would destroy all hope of a peaceful landing.
1955 A. Koestler Trail of Dinosaur 199 English Labourites and Conservatives, French Socialists and de Gaullists, spoke from the same platform.
Derivatives
de Gaullism n. = Gaullism n.
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1963 Daily Tel. 4 Feb. 20/6 The political implications of ‘de Gaullism’ as they may affect Italy.
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