† orangistn.1
Obsolete. rare.
A cultivator of oranges.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > one who > specific fruit
melonist1667
orangist1693
prune rancher1908
rhubarber1917
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Dict. in Compl. Gard'ner sig. Biv Orangist, is a Gard'ner that cultivates Oranges, or any person that understands and delights in the Culture of them.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Direct. conc. Melons 4 in Compl. Gard'ner I use the Word..Oringist, for the Gard'ner pretending to the Culture of Orange-Trees.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
Orangistn.2
/ˈɒrᵻn(d)ʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈɔr(ə)ndʒəst/, /ˈɑr(ə)ndʒəst/ 1. A supporter of the House of Orange in the Netherlands. Now historical.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics of other European countries > [noun] > partisans in Dutch politics
Gueux1624
cardinalist1650
stadholderian1789
Orangist1848
1797 T. W. Tone Writings (2009) III. 116 It seems the pilots here are all Orangists.
1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 371 An Orangist movement which broke out in Ghent was attributed to the English ambassador.
1942 Econ. Hist. Rev. 12 90 With the Dutch ruling class divided into two camps, the pro-English Orangists and the pro-French Patriots, it would be interesting to know whether a stake in the British Funds normally went with Orangist leanings.
1987 M. S. Anderson Europe in Eighteenth Cent. (ed. 3) 162 The result throughout this period [in Holland] was a continuous struggle between republican and Orangist groups.
2. A person who espouses Protestant political principles and the Protestant cause, esp. in Northern Ireland; = Orangeman n.1
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > societies or associations > members of
hougher1712
white boys1762
Steel boy1772
defender1788
United Irishman1791
Orangeman1796
marksman1800
Thresher1806
marchman1814
Orangist1822
Rockite1824
Brunswicker1828
Terry Alt1831
whitefoot1831
Repeal Warden1841
Young Irelander1844
Fenian1864
Land-leaguer1878
invincible1883
leaguer1892
Provie1972
1822 Examiner 29 Dec. 817/1 The Irish Orangists.
1836 Southern Literary Messenger 2 641/1 His new piety does not prevent his being a most furious Orangist, ever ready, if permitted, to sacrifice to his monarch a magnificent hetacomb of Irish Catholics.
1995 Beaver June–July 31/1 Organizing an ‘armed’ immigration to ‘swamp’ the Métis..would quickly become the principal strategy of Canada First and the Orangists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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