Robinocracyn.

Brit.

/ˌrɒbɪˈnɒkrəsi/, U.S.

/ˌrɑbəˈnɑkrəsi/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Robin , -ocracy comb. form.

Etymology: < Robin, pet form of the male forename Robert (see robin n.¹), with allusion to the statesman Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745) + -ocracy comb. form.The form Robinocracy was used earlier with reference to the ministry of Robert Harley (1661–1724):1711 She-land & Robinocracy (single sheet) Their Government of yore well pois'd, Secur'd the Folks from Thrall; but Robinocracy, at last, Spoiled and confounded all.

rare from the mid 17th to the end of the 19th cent.

Chiefly with the. Rule by the statesman Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745), esp. the period between 1721 and 1742 during which he was acknowledged to be the British Prime Minister. Also: Walpole and his circle.

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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > specific regimes > [noun] > in Britain

commonwealth1649

protectorate1662

the usurpation1682

Robinocracy1717

restoration1724

1717 Answer Char. & Conduct R— W— 19 If he has Merit and Loyalty, he need now no Money to advance him, since Robinocracy is banished.

1727 Craftsman 22 July 71 This week was publish'd Robin's Panegyrick on Himself and his Friends at Westminster... Printed for S.B. W.W. and T.W. Printers to the Robinocracy.

1743 J. Ralph Crit. Hist. Admin. of Robert Walpole iii. 181 I shall rely chiefly on that Piece, during the said Period, and then bring down my History, from other Authorities, to the End of the Robinocracy.

a1902 Ld. Acton Lect. Mod. Hist. (1906) xvi. 274 After the fall of Walpole it was observed..that the country felt itself superior to the government. This was the natural result of the time known as the Robinocracy.

1974 J. B. Owen Eighteenth Cent. i. 23 On 19 April 1722 Sunderland died of pleurisy, and the way was open for Walpole to assert his supremacy. The Robinocracy had begun.

1977 W. A. Speck Stability & Strife x. 222 Bolingbroke could be highly persuasive and his essays were the most substantial contemporary critiques of the Robinocracy.

2003 C. Yu Nothing to Admire 20 The reciprocal favoritism of political and commercial privilege during the Whig Robinocracy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	robinocracy
释义	Robinocracyn. Brit. /ˌrɒbɪˈnɒkrəsi/, U.S. /ˌrɑbəˈnɑkrəsi/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Robin , -ocracy comb. form. Etymology: < Robin, pet form of the male forename Robert (see robin n.¹), with allusion to the statesman Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745) + -ocracy comb. form.The form Robinocracy was used earlier with reference to the ministry of Robert Harley (1661–1724):1711 She-land & Robinocracy (single sheet) Their Government of yore well pois'd, Secur'd the Folks from Thrall; but Robinocracy, at last, Spoiled and confounded all. rare from the mid 17th to the end of the 19th cent. Chiefly with the. Rule by the statesman Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745), esp. the period between 1721 and 1742 during which he was acknowledged to be the British Prime Minister. Also: Walpole and his circle. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > specific regimes > [noun] > in Britain commonwealth1649 protectorate1662 the usurpation1682 Robinocracy1717 restoration1724 1717 Answer Char. & Conduct R— W— 19 If he has Merit and Loyalty, he need now no Money to advance him, since Robinocracy is banished. 1727 Craftsman 22 July 71 This week was publish'd Robin's Panegyrick on Himself and his Friends at Westminster... Printed for S.B. W.W. and T.W. Printers to the Robinocracy. 1743 J. Ralph Crit. Hist. Admin. of Robert Walpole iii. 181 I shall rely chiefly on that Piece, during the said Period, and then bring down my History, from other Authorities, to the End of the Robinocracy. a1902 Ld. Acton Lect. Mod. Hist. (1906) xvi. 274 After the fall of Walpole it was observed..that the country felt itself superior to the government. This was the natural result of the time known as the Robinocracy. 1974 J. B. Owen Eighteenth Cent. i. 23 On 19 April 1722 Sunderland died of pleurisy, and the way was open for Walpole to assert his supremacy. The Robinocracy had begun. 1977 W. A. Speck Stability & Strife x. 222 Bolingbroke could be highly persuasive and his essays were the most substantial contemporary critiques of the Robinocracy. 2003 C. Yu Nothing to Admire 20 The reciprocal favoritism of political and commercial privilege during the Whig Robinocracy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1717
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