| 释义 |
Redmondite, a. and n.|ˈrɛdməndaɪt|
[f. the name Redmond (see below) + -ite1.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Irish politician John Edward Redmond (1856–1918) or his nationalist ideas.
B. n. A supporter of Redmond or his policies.
1895Notes from Ireland 2 Feb. 47 The Redmondite manifesto. Ibid., The past week has seen the issue of two familiar appeals..one from the McCarthyites, and one from the Redmondites. 1905T. D. Sullivan Recoll. Troubled Times in Irish Politics xxxvii. 339 At the first blush one might suppose that the Tory party would scoff at the Redmondite motion. 1910Westm. Gaz. 9 Feb. 2/2 He cannot even pretend he is entitled to a Redmondite summons. 1913Times 30 Dec. 3/2 Mr John MacNeill denies that his friends are actuated by hostility towards the Redmondites. 1928T. M. Healy Lett. & Leaders of my Day II. xxxi. 391 In the middle of the negotiations with the Liberal Cabinet as to the Home Rule Bill—which the Redmondites were certain to denounce as inadequate—Dillon tried to get control of the Freeman. 1962Greene & Laurence in G. B. Shaw Matter with Ireland 142 Sinn Féin, which..had already won two by-elections against Redmondite candidates. 1973S. Levenson James Connolly xvii. 208 He accused the Redmondites of accepting partition without a struggle. 1978D. Murphy Place Apart ii. 17 My mother, whose ancestry was Redmondite at best.
Hence ˈRedmondism, the ideas or policies associated with Redmond.
1914R. Casement Let. 29 July in R. MacColl Roger Casement (1956) vii. 133 Redmondism has no real support here at all. |