Wafdistadj.n.
/ˈwɒftɪst/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to the Wafd.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > Arab and Middle East politics > [adjective] > specific policies or parties in Egypt
Zaghlulist1924
Wafdist1926
Nasserist1956
Nasserite1957
1926 Glasgow Herald 3 June 8 Doubts..were entertained of the prospect of the Wafdist leader taking such a moderate course.
1958 J. W. Day Lady Houston xv. 235 That is, indeed, a ‘Capitulation’, and the worst and most fatal, by Great Britain to the Wafdist mob!
B. n.
A member or supporter of the Wafd; an Egyptian Nationalist.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > Arab and Middle East politics > [noun] > Egyptian politics > specific party > member or supporter of
Wafdist1926
1926 Spectator 19 June 1032/2 The Wafdists..are likely to be restrained by the knowledge that any too free indulgence of their characteristic tactics..would quickly make Adly throw up his office in disgust.
1973 Times 29 Oct. 17/7 From being a Liberal Constitutionalist in the days of Sarwat, his protector, he became an active Wafdist under Nahhas Pasha.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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