Chamberlainiten.adj.
/ˈtʃeɪmbəlᵻnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈtʃeɪmbərləˌnaɪt/ A. n.
A supporter of Joseph Chamberlain or his policies. Cf. Chamberlainism n.1
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > principles of or support for specific politicians > supporters of specific politician
Straffordiansa1675
Pittite1762
Foxite1782
Wilkitea1797
Burkite1807
Peelite1829
Russellite1835
Gladstonian1847
Palmerstonian1852
Parnellite1881
Chamberlainite1884
Churchillian1886
Cobdenite1887
Lloyd-Georgeite1921
MacDonaldite1924
Asquithian1928
Lloyd-Georgian1928
Mosleyite1932
Churchillian1933
Bevanite1951
Butskellite1955
Butskellist1957
Wilsonian1963
Wilsonite1963
Powellite1966
Powellist1968
Bennite1976
Thatcherite1976
Majorite1990
Blairite1994
1884 Belfast News-let. 15 Oct. 4/7 Mr. Gladstone sacrificed Mr. Forster to the fury of the Parnellites and the intrigues of the Chamberlainites.
1904 Spectator 31 Dec. 1072/2 Mr. Balfour fills his Cabinet with Chamberlainites.
1950 D. C. Somervell Brit. Polit. since 1900 ix. 190 Baldwin had been a Chamberlainite from the first, in days when, not yet a minister or even a member of parliament, he was managing the family business at Stourbridge.
1997 N. Ferguson Kaiser's European Union in Virtual Hist. (1998) iv. 275 Balfour's administration..had lost the confidence of the Chamberlainites in November 1905.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or supporting Joseph Chamberlain or his policies.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [adjective] > relating to or supporting specific politician
Pittite1770
Palmerstonian1846
Peelite1846
Cobdenic1853
Gladstonian1861
Parnellite1882
Churchillian1883
Chamberlainic1885
Chamberlainite1885
Cobdenite1887
Cobdenitish1905
Winstonian1905
Lloyd-Georgian1909
Walpolian1909
Asquithian1910
Churchillian1912
MacDonaldite1938
Bevanite1951
Butskellist1956
Butskellite1956
Mosleyite1960
Wilsonian1963
Wilsonite1963
Powellite1965
Powellist1968
Bennite1975
Thatcherite1977
Thatcheresque1979
Majorite1990
Blairite1993
1885 Liverpool Mercury 5 Feb. 5/5 On some points Mr. Goschen..is more Chamberlainite than the Ministry.
1903 Daily Chron. 14 Oct. 4/4 The Chamberlainite party of ‘whole hoggers’.
1942 J. Henderson Primrose League, 1883–1906 ii. 82 The slogan ‘the Big Loaf and the Little Loaf’ provided an effective and popular answer to the Chamberlainite cry of ‘work for all’.
2002 Hist. Jrnl. 45 392 Miquel could fully subscribe to the Chamberlainite goal of local government.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.adj.1884