spread-eagleistn.
/ˌsprɛdˈiːɡl̩ɪst/, /ˌsprɛdˈiːɡlɪst/, /ˈsprɛdiːɡl̩ɪst/, /ˈsprɛdiːɡlɪst/, U.S. /ˌsprɛdˈiɡ(ə)lɪst/ Now chiefly historical.
A person characterized by spread-eagleism.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > one who commends or praises > of the United States
spread-eagleist1877
America Firster1927
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style > one who uses
fustianist1642
Lexiphanes1767
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1877 Scribner's Monthly Aug. 547/1 It will..bring you out a good sound patriotic spread-eagleist in less than a fortnight.
1893 Photo-beacon 5 116/2 ‘Our friends across the water are somewhat behind us in lantern-slide work...’ This..will not go down with the spread-eaglists who have not been privileged to cross the water.
1911 Drama Feb. 165 Certain unreconstructed spread-eaglists among us who still believe that Anglo-Saxon blood alone shall constitute Americans.
1958 O. C. Skipper J. D. B. De Bow iv. 27 In external affairs De Bow at this time was a spread eagleist. He was willing for the United States to share with Great Britain the baton of empire only until we could wield that sceptre alone.
1987 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Dec. c. 36/1 In this country, Walker and his kind were known as spread-eaglists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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