Burkiten.
/ˈbəːkʌɪt/ 1. A political follower of Edmund Burke.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > principles of or support for specific politicians > supporters of specific politician
Straffordiansa1675
Pittite1762
Foxite1782
Wilkitea1797
Burkite1807
Peelite1829
Russellite1835
Gladstonian1847
Palmerstonian1852
Parnellite1881
Chamberlainite1884
Churchillian1886
Cobdenite1887
Lloyd-Georgeite1921
MacDonaldite1924
Asquithian1928
Lloyd-Georgian1928
Mosleyite1932
Churchillian1933
Bevanite1951
Butskellite1955
Butskellist1957
Wilsonian1963
Wilsonite1963
Powellite1966
Powellist1968
Bennite1976
Thatcherite1976
Majorite1990
Blairite1994
1807 Ann. Rev. 5 164 To reverse the policy of the Burkites or Antijacobins.
2. An imitator of Burke the murderer.
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the world > life > death > killing > killer for specific reason or type of person > [noun] > to obtain (part of) body
skull-hunter1706
headhunter1800
Burkite1830
burker1831
headshrinker1921
1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 289 Save as a thief, a murderer, or a Burkite.
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