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Cromwellian, a. and n.|krɒmˈwɛlɪən|
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, who became Protector of the Commonwealth of England in 1653. spec. Designating a type of chair (see quots.).
1905A. Hayden Chats on Old Furnit. iii. 96 There is a style of chair, probably imported from Holland, with leather back and leather seat which is termed ‘Cromwellian’. 1948H. Gordon Old Eng. Furnit. iv. 33 In the ten years or so of the Commonwealth régime..furniture was extremely plain, and the chair that is generally labelled ‘Cromwellian’ may well have been a Puritan model. 1970G. Savage Dict. Antiques 108/2 Cromwellian chair, a modern term to describe a plain chair of Spanish design slightly decorated with turning, with slung leather seat and back, the leather held in place with large-headed studs.
B. n. An adherent or partisan of Cromwell; one of the settlers in Ireland at the ‘Cromwellian Settlement’ of 1652, or of their descendants.
1725Swift Riddle, A damn'd cromwellian knock'd me down. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 112 The stern Cromwellian, now..left the undisputed lord of the blood-stained and devastated island.
So also ˈCromwellate (cf. Protectorate), Cromˈwelliad, ˈCromwellism, ˈCromwellist, ˈCromwellite, ˈCromwellized.
1835Fraser's Mag. XII. 128 Of the time of Charles I and the Cromwellate. 1850Carlyle Latter-d. Pamph. viii. 20 Puritan Cromwelliads on the great scale. 1685South Serm. ‘Will for Deed’ I. 275 When Rage and Persecution, Cruelty and Cromwellism were at that diabolical Pitch. 1881Parnell in Daily News 3 Oct. 6/3 The Gospel of Puritanism which might be called Cromwellism. 1649C. Walker Hist. Independ. ii. 195 They joyned but to prevent the Cromwellists. 1648‘Mercurius Pragmaticus’ Plea for King 12 Even the very Cromwelites. 1648C. Walker Hist. Independ. i. 34 How faithfull then! How perfideous and Cromwellized are they now! |