| 单词 | little irelander |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLittle Irelander Little Irelander n. chiefly depreciative an opponent of Ireland's involvement or union with other countries, chiefly with respect to the activities of the British Empire, the separation from Northern Ireland, or membership of the European Union (or its predecessors); cf. Little Englander n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > principles or policies > adherents or supporters of unionist1799 West Briton1805 repealer1829 nationalist1849 Home Ruler1867 loyalist1885 Little Irelander1900 devolutionist1905 N1906 partitionist1921 1900 Public Opinion 1 Feb. 138/2 England's adversity is always Ireland's opportunity so far as the ‘Little Irelander’ is concerned. 1927 Sunday Times 13 Feb. 5/1 This may not be pleasing to certain little Irelanders who wish us to live in complete isolation. 1940 Capuchin Ann. 11 192 Ulster of the nine counties, with fine people amongst the little-Irelanders as well as amongst the all-Irelanders, will persist and survive. 1950 O. St. J. Gogarty Rolling down Lea 69 The reactionaries and the Little Irelander from foreign parts came into power. 1971 Economist 14 Aug. 37/3 It..seems unlikely that Irish will become an official community language—a godsend for Ireland's little Irelanders in any marginal fight which might develop for public opinion next year. 2012 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 28 Oct. We cannot abandon the vital democratic debate on Europe to a Punch and Judy show between federalists and iconoclastic Little Irelanders. < as lemmas |
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