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unitario, n. Now hist. Chiefly in pl. Brit. |ˌjuːnɪˈtɑːrɪəʊ|, U.S. |ˌjunəˈtɑrioʊ| Forms: also with capital initial. [‹ American Spanish unitario (c 1840), spec. use as noun of unitario (see unitary adj.). Compare Unitarian n. 2c.] In Argentina in the early and mid 19th cent.: an advocate or supporter of a centralized (rather than devolved or federal) system of government. Cf. federales n. 1.
1839Amer. Almanac 220 General Lavalle, at the head of the Unitarios, caused Dorrego to be shot. 1850Morning Chron. 2 Apr. 3/5 Rosas, the real Unitario, but the assumed protector of liberal institutions. 1891Harper's Mag. May 867/2 The Unitarios, who favored a centralized government and progress, and the Federales, who favored the perpetuation of provincial power and the old order. 1939Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 19 488 The ultra-Unitarios violently denounced any suggestion of an entente with General Urquiza. 2000D. López-Alves State Formation & Democracy in Lat. Amer., 1810–1900 iii. 122 In Argentina, Unitarios and Federales wanted different things, with liberals supporting stronger state integration and federalists opposing it. |