单词 | oconnellite |
释义 | O'Connelliten.adj. A. n. A supporter or adherent of Daniel O'Connell or his policies. ΚΠ 1832 Dublin Evening Post 6 Oct. 2/3 The O'Connellites of Kilkenny. 1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island p. xxv It was hardly reasonable to ask Parnell to shed blood quant. suff. in Egypt..and then to expect him to become a Tolstoyan or an O'Connellite in regard to his own country. 1996 Éire–Ireland Spring 31 The O'Connellites denounced the Irish Confederation and its leaders as political adventurers or worse. B. adj. (attributive). Of or designating the O'Connellites. ΚΠ 1876 T. Martin Life Prince Consort II. xxv. 41 That city [sc. Limerick]..was the stronghold of the Old Ireland or O'Connellite party. 1977 Econ. Hist. Rev. New Ser. 19 433 The Whigs were agreeably generous with such appointments, a small price to pay for O'Connellite aid. 1990 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 May 464/1 Was the Union to be modified by O'Connellite constitutionalism, utilitarian, infiltrationist and populist? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1832 |
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