Manchesteriann.adj.
/ˌmantʃᵻˈstɪərɪən/, U.S. /ˌmæntʃəˈstɪriən/ A. n.
1. An inhabitant of Manchester; = Mancunian n.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > other towns
Oxonianc1540
Yarmouthian1614
Manchesterian1645
Novocastrian1645
wacker1768
Stratfordian1769
Mancunian1771
docker1791
Yorkist1796
Dicky Sam1820
Brummie1824
Liverpudlian1833
Yarmouth bloater1849
Exonian1871
Grimbarian1886
Cheltonian1887
Plym1913
Hoxtoniana1935
scouse1945
loiner1950
Scouser1959
Wulfrunian1959
Manc1961
pie eater1985
1645 J. Vicars Gods Ark 67 A partie of the never-sufficiently praised Manchesterians and other loyall Lancashire forces appointed to meet him.
1821 Kaleidoscope 3 July 423/3 Professing myself to be a plain Englishman and a Manchesterian.
1837 Times 5 Oct. 3/2 The engine went its way to Whitmore with the Liverpool passengers..and returned to fetch the unlucky Manchesterians.
1879 W. T. Arnold Let. 15 Aug. in D. Ayerst Guardian (1971) xxi. 206 I like the work very much, and strange to say like Manchester or at all events the Manchesterians.
2. A member or supporter of the Manchester school. See Manchester n. 2a. Now historical.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > specific principles or policies > supporters of
reformist1641
reformer1648
engager1650
All the Virtues1816
Manchester school1846
fair trader1881
Manchestrist1882
Little Englander1889
Manchesterian1897
tariff-reformer1903
Little Englander Liberal1909
Poplarist1925
marketeer1962
Eurosceptic1978
1897 Essays in Liberalism 70 ‘Sordid inhuman wretch’, ‘brutal Manchesterian’, are the terms applied to those who demonstrate the national loss of wealth which must result from the substitution of ‘Fair’ for Free Trade.
2011 R. Leroux Political Econ. & Liberalism in France 40 Bastiat was convinced by now that if he were going to defend free trade he would need a better understanding of the work of the Manchesterians.
B. adj.
Of or relating to Manchester; = Mancunian adj. rare.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Britain > Manchester
Manchesterian1648
Mancunian1771
Manc1991
1648 Mercurius Elencticus No. 27. 206 To close with the Manchesterian Ideots, but also indeavour..to sprinkle a Generall Odium of his Majesty throughout the whole Kingdom.
1778 J. Wedgwood Let. 3 Mar. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 218 Nothing but half a score Highland, Manchestrian, and Liverpool regiments amongst us will raise their malignant spirits again.
1857 Heywood's Pictorial Guide to Manchester 53 The visitor who desires to see a lively picture of the Manchestrian populace..should visit this market on a Saturday evening.
1999 Re: Sloganeering in alt.music.manics (Usenet newsgroup) 23 Feb. It's a clothing company invented (I think), by some Manchesterian bloke, and built up his clothing empire from scratch, if I'm right.
Derivatives
Mancheˈsterianism n. the principles advocated by or attributed to the Manchester school (Manchester school n. at Manchester n. 2a).
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > specific principles or policies
thorough1849
Manchester policy1851
tariff-reform1859
Manchesterdom1882
Manchesterism1883
Little Englandism1887
Manchesterianism1897
Poplarism1922
Euroscepticism1988
1897 Essays in Liberalism 33 A sneer at Cobden, a contemptuous allusion to Manchesterianism and the ‘dismal science’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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