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vetoist|ˈviːtəʊɪst|
[f. veto n. + -ist.]
One who exercises the right, or supports the use, of the veto; one who advocates the possession of a power of veto, esp. for some particular purpose.
The term has been specifically applied to supporters of (a) a veto on the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland, (b) the Veto Act of the Church of Scotland, (c) local veto on the sale of liquor.
1815Dublin Evening Post 19 Jan. 2 The Vetoists..have been routed. 1822New Monthly Mag. V. 484 A little further on you will come upon another, a group of learned vetoists and anti-vetoists. 1832Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 355 The vetoists..intimate their disapprobation by hissing the unfortunate performer. 1840Gladstone Ch. Princ. 489 The principle for which the Vetoists contend I believe is..really this [etc.]. 1863A. H. Charteris Life J. Robertson iv. 68 If..the vetoists desired to give effect to the people's conscientious objections. 1896Westm. Gaz. 25 Nov. 5/2 He considers that unless the Liberal Party is dissociated from the Temperance reformers and Vetoists..its future will be disastrous.
Hence vetoˈistic, vetoˈistical adjs.
1815D. O'Connell in W. J. Amherst Hist. Cath. Emancip. (1886) II. 183 He came into Ireland on a vetoistical mission. 1861W. J. Fitzpatrick Life Doyle (1880) I. 163 Dr. Milner branded Mr. Plunket's bills as vetoistic. 1862F. C. Husenbeth Life Bp. Milner 155 His subsequent uniform opposition to every form of Vetoistical arrangement. |