单词 | unioner |
释义 | unionern.ΚΠ c1706 We heard Parl. is sitting at Edinb. 1 A word to the Unioners and their confederats thee Parliamenters sititng [sic] in the Parliament house of Edinburgh. 1707 W. Black Reply to Authors of Advantage of Scotl. 14 There are scarcely so many Unioners to be found in any one Paroch, Burgh or Shire, as there are sitting in the Parliament-House. 1769 ‘Young Scotsman’ North Briton Extraordinary 67 What a humiliating contrast between the conduct of the servile Unioners, and their magnanimous forefathers. 2. U.S. A soldier fighting for the Union during the American Civil War (1861–5). Also more generally: a supporter of the Union side. Now historical.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > support of Union in Civil War > supporter unionist1815 Fed1861 federal1861 unioner1861 Union man1861 Tory1862 red-leg1863 1861 Weekly Gaz. & Free Press (Janesville, Wisconsin) 28 June Massa, dese colored peoples wants to know if you belongs to de Unioner cavalry? 1862 Boston Post 11 Mar. We met a crowd of negroes on their way to the levee... Asking one where he was going, he said to see ‘dem Unioners’. 1862 Delphi (Indiana) Weekly Times 23 Aug. Colonel Milroy did not authorize his name to be used by the ‘Unioners’. 1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand vii. 31 The old Unioner's report in regard to the doughty colonel. 1908 Uncle Remus's Mag. Feb. 21/2 I'm a Constitutioner. I'm a Unioner. Come on, boys. 2012 D. Kienholz Scriptural Lessons from Civil War 42 Unlike Unioners, they had a vision and a cause that went beyond maintaining a form of government or national union. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1706 |
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