Parti Québécoisn.
/ˌpɑːtɪ keɪbɛˈkwɑː/, /ˌpɑːtɪ kɛbɛˈkwɑː/, U.S. /ˌpɑrdi ˌkɛbɛˈkwɑ/, /ˌpɑrdi ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑ/, Canadian English /pɑrˌtiː keibeˈkwɒː/ Canadian.
A French-Canadian political party which advocates independence or greater autonomy for the province of Quebec.
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Parti Québécois1968
1968 Winnipeg Free Press 15 Oct. 42/3 The province's new political party, Le Parti Quebecois, is an embryonic coalition rallied around Rene Levesque and his idea of a ‘sovereign Quebec’.
1968 Times 30 Oct. 4/7 Le Rassemblement pour l'Indépendence Nationale (R.I.N.) has decided to join forces with Mr. Rene Levesque's new Parti Québecois which until recently was Le Mouvement Souveraineté-Association (M.S.A.).
1978 Times 20 Mar. 5/6 On the Parti Québecois social policies, Mr. Lévesque said that it was a left-of-centre party.
1994 Maclean's 17 Oct. 7/3 Federalist Reed Scowen..saying he could not support the Parti Québécois's separatist option.
2003 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 3 Mar. a4 His decision may hinge on the outcome of the imminent Quebec election, which polls suggest could give the separatist Parti Québécois an unprecedented third mandate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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