Paisleyiteadj.n.
/ˈpeɪzlɪʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈpeɪzliˌaɪt/ British Politics.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or supporting Ian Paisley or his policies, spec. with reference to his advocacy of Protestant interests in Northern Ireland through the continued maintenance of Northern Ireland's union with Great Britain and independence from the Republic of Ireland.
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1966 Guardian 25 July 1/2 A Government order restricting a Paisleyite march.
1991 J. Fulton Trag. of Belief (BNC) 102 Their small church membership of around 10,000 hides the wider appeal Paisleyite politics has for the small businessmen and farmers of protestant Ulster.
2003 People (Nexis) 4 May 45 The Paisleyite stronghold [sc. Ballymena] has always resisted attempts to interfere with signs of its Britishness.
B. n.
A supporter of Ian Paisley and his policies.
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1966 New Statesman 30 Sept. 468/3 The Cormac Square riots, when the Paisleyites marched on the General Assembly of the Irish Presbyterian Church.
1976 J. Carroll Madonna Red (1977) iii. 98 He knew the bitter energy that faith could release against Paisleyites and Jews.
1990 S. Bruce God save Ulster! (BNC) 82 The Paisleyites now flanked both sides of a rope-way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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