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单词 Peelite
释义 Peelite|ˈpiːlaɪt|
[See -ite1.]
In British politics, A name given to those Conservatives who sided with Sir Robert Peel when he introduced his measure for the repeal of the Corn-laws in 1846, and who continued for some years to form a group intermediate between the Protectionist Tories and the Liberals, to the latter of whom most of them at length united themselves. So ˈPeelism.
1853Ecclesiologist XIV. 41 His views are moderately Conservative: in fact he is an ecclesiological Peelite.1858Trollope Dr. Thorne i, There..was a taint of Peelism in the latter [the western moiety of the County].1895Edin. Rev. July 266 The Peelites..were soon merged indistinguishably in the Liberal party.
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