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Asquithian, a. and n.|æˈskwɪθɪən|
[f. the name of H. H. Asquith (afterwards Earl of Oxford and Asquith), prime minister of Great Britain 1908–16 + -ian.]
A. adj. Pertaining to, resembling, or supporting Asquith as leader of the Liberal party or, later, as leader of a group of the divided party.
B. n. A supporter of Asquith.
1910Spectator 2 Apr. 530/1 The Asquithian Peers will, we venture to say, prove the most intractable of ‘backwoodsmen’. 1928Daily Express 24 Apr. 3/3 Montague..belonged to the central Asquithian group in the Cabinet,..and as an Asquithian he preferred to support McKenna rather than Lloyd George. 1928H. Fyfe Brit. Liberal Party viii. 229 Liberals were still at loggerheads. Asquithians and Lloyd Georgians fought against each other. 1960Spectator 14 Oct. 553 An old-fashioned Asquithian Liberal. |