Clintoniann.1adj.1
/klɪnˈtəʊnɪən/, U.S. /klɪnˈtoʊniən/ U.S. Politics. Now historical.
A. n.1
A supporter of George Clinton or (occasionally) DeWitt Clinton; an advocate of the principles or policies of either.
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1792 T. Jefferson Let. 27 May in C. T. Cullen Papers XXIII. (1990) 546 The judges of the election..are all Clintonians.
1802 Balance & Columbian Repository 10 Aug. 250/1 Who is here so rude that would not be a Clintonian?
1804 W. Irving Let. 5 July (1978) I. 16 The Clintonians held up Morgan Lewis and the Burrites.
1852 J. S. Jenkins Lives Governors State N.Y. 557 Mr. Marcy was removed from the recordership..and a Clintonian appointed in his place.
1977 J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family Introd. p. lix Pierre, Jr., was soon to marry one of Governor George Clinton's daughters and emerge as a political intimate of the Clintonians in his own right.
1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Sept. a26 While Chief Justice, he [sc. Jack Harrison Pollack] ran for that post in 1792, when the Clintonians..stole the election.
2002 Jrnl. Early Republic 22 255 (note) Fox also refers to the Clintonians as ‘Jeffersonians,’ a confusing term in the context of 1808.
B. adj.1
Of, relating to, or characteristic of George Clinton or (occasionally) DeWitt Clinton, or the policies of either.
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1802 Balance & Columbian Repository 10 Aug. 250/1 A Clintonian Burrite.
1804 W. P. Van Ness Exam. Charges against Aaron Burr (rev. ed.) Pref. I have interwoven an answer, to such parts of the Clintonian pamphlet..as could be thought in the least deserving notice.
1852 J. S. Jenkins Lives Governors State N.Y. 557 In consequence of his..opposition to the reelection of the Clintonian members, Mr. Marcy was removed from the recordership.
a1901 J. Fiske Ess. Hist. & Literary (1902) i. iii. 114 In the general confusion..the strength of the Anti-federalist or Clintonian party was naturally increased by that circumstance.
1979 F. McDonald Alexander Hamilton 87 The Clintonian legislature hampered Congress.
2002 Jrnl. Early Republic 22 255 No doubt Old Schoolers were influenced by Clintonian opposition to candidate Madison's support for nonimportation.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Clintoniann.2adj.2
/klɪnˈtəʊnɪən/, U.S. /klɪnˈtoʊniən/ U.S. Politics.
A. n.2
Originally: a supporter or adherent of Bill Clinton or his policies. Later also: a supporter of Hillary Clinton.
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1992 Newsweek 30 Mar. 26/1 Clintonians will try to turn the Bush attack upside down.
1995 Time 3 July 31/1 The Clintonians are no longer asking Tokyo merely to lower a tariff here or repeal a quota there.
2006 J. Updike Terrorist i. 47 Now all the Clintonians, including the Clintons themselves, are getting pig-rich.
2008 Guardian 3 Jan. 29/3 I started 2007 as an enthusiastic Obamaite. I go into 2008 a sober Clintonian.
B. adj.2
Relating to or characteristic of Bill or (later) Hillary Clinton, or the policies of either; = Clintonesque adj.
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1992 Observer 19 July 23/4 The calculated attempts to transform obvious family tragedies and dysfunctionalism into myths and rewritten Clintonian triumphs.
1993 Spy (N.Y.) Mar. 19/2 The famous Clintonian concern for the next generation does exist among Hollywood baby-boomers.
1999 C. Hitchens No One Left to Lie to iv. 84 He could not remember how much he had donated to Clintonian funds.
2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 7 Dec. a35/6 Hillary took a weaselly position on flag-burning... The senator doing Clintonian triangulating.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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