Eldonianadj.
/ɛlˈdəʊnɪən/ Belonging to or characteristic of Lord Eldon, regarded as typical of ‘diehard’ toryism.
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tantivy1681
high Tory1682
roary1682
Tory-Radical1823
true blue1827
Tory Democratic1836
Eldonine1855
Eldonian1898
wet1981
1898 Daily News 8 July 4/7 His Toryism is Eldonian and antediluvian.
1900 Daily News 31 Dec. 4/7 The century, considered from a political point of view, may be divided into the Eldonian, the Peelite, the Palmerstonian, and the Gladstonian eras.
1926 London Mercury May 104 An Eldonian Tory still describes a type peculiar to the English temperament, and never, perhaps for that reason, personally unpopular.
Derivatives
Eldonine adj. /ˈɛldənaɪn/
/ˈɛldənaɪn/ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adjective] > conservative > of Tories or conservatives > types of
tantivy1681
high Tory1682
roary1682
Tory-Radical1823
true blue1827
Tory Democratic1836
Eldonine1855
Eldonian1898
wet1981
1855 National Rev. Oct. 257 Those years were the commencement of what is called the Eldonine period.
1876 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 419 A fusion of Benthamic legislation with Eldonine evolution.
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