单词 | parliamenteering |
释义 | parliamenteeringn.adj. Now rare. A. n. Engagement in parliamentary affairs; electioneering. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > electioneering parliamenteering1711 electioneering1760 1711 Brit. Apollo 9–12 Mar. A Parliamenteering to Chelmsford..I lately rid down. 1722 (title) The art of parliamenteering. 1789 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 63 All are engaged in parliamenteering. 1854 A. H. Clough Corr. Jan. (1957) 473 The Parliament is going to begin its parliamenteering. 1992 Daily Mail (Nexis) 6 Jan. 6 The General Secretary of the Association of Moslems in Britain,..condemned the proceedings unequivocally and told Siddiqui to go to Saudi Arabia or Kuwait and start parliamenteering there. That is occupied with parliamentary affairs. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [adjective] > electioneering electioneering1841 parliamenteeringa1871 a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) II. 374 William Harcourt, the now lawyering, parliamenteering, &c.; loud man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1711 |
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