tea partiern.
/ˈtiː ˌpɑːtɪə/, U.S. /ˈti ˌpɑrdiər/ Chiefly U.S.
1. A person who attends tea parties; a guest at a tea party.
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society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > attending or giving party > [noun] > one who attends or gives party > tea-party
teaer1892
tea partier1964
1964 Afro-Amer. 7 Mar. 18/5 They know scorn and indignity. They are not handshakers and tea partiers.
1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 16 Dec. 2 a/2 (advt.) The tea-partiers prefer their boiling water poured from a Copco teakettle.
1990 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 2 May Tea drinking did not meet with approval when first introduced to England,..Sam Twining..revealed to afternoon tea partyers at the Hyatt yesterday.
2005 Daily News (Galveston, Texas) 23 Jan. d4/1 The tiny tea partiers were served eensy sandwiches and cookies.
2. Frequently with capital initials. In the United States: a member or supporter of the Tea Party movement. Cf. tea party n. Additions.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > other parties > members or adherents of
liberty man1705
monocrat1792
federal1796
National Republican1828
rummy1840
Native American1844
free-soiler1848
know-nothing1853
soft1853
tea partier2009
2009 Daily News (N.Y.) 1 Mar. 13/1 Many of the tea partiers said they learned about the protests from conservative political blogs.
2010 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 8 Jan. a6/2 Democrats are sulky about Obama..while..people in both parties are completely freaked out by the tea partiers.
2012 G. Gutfeld Joy of Hate 37 The town hall protesters and the Tea Partiers represented everything that the media had been ridiculing for the last forty years.
2014 Reason Dec. 28/2 Cantor was exactly the sort of Republican whom Tea Partiers had hoped to put on the chopping block—a big-government conservative.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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