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单词 grumbletonian
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grumbletoniann.

/ɡrʌmb(ə)lˈtəʊnɪən/
Etymology: < grumble v., in imitation of Muggletonian and Grindletonian, names of religious sects in the 17th cent.
1. A contemptuous designation applied in the latter part of the 17th cent. to the members of the so-called ‘Country Party’ in English politics, who were accused by the ‘Court party’ of being actuated by dissatisfied personal ambition; hence in later times applied to supporters of the Opposition.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > other British parties > member of
baronist1611
leveller1644
grumbletonianc1690
Liberal Democrat1849
S.D.F.er1936
social democrat1981
c1690 Further Quæries State of New-Eng. in Andros Tracts (1868) I. 206 The great Sect of Grumbletonians in the Countrey whom nothing will satisfie.
1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty v Straight a grumbletonian appears.
a1791 F. Grose Olio (1796) 3 With respect to politics, I am a staunch Opposition-man and Grumbletonian.
1838 Fraser's Mag. 18 379 Quite as cracked as any grumbletonian could possibly be.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 299 Those who were sometimes nicknamed the Grumbletonians and sometimes honoured with the appellation of the Country party.
attributive.1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon i. i. 4 No more of your Grumbletonian Morals Brother; there's Preferment coming.1705 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. i. 19 All the Grumbletonian Throng Did with such Violence rush along.1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 345 Last Saturday one of the Grumbletonian Writers stole the Hint.
2. A grumbler.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains
grucchildc1230
grutchera1250
groinera1382
musera1382
plainerc1400
plaintiff?a1439
fretter?1504
complainant1525
complainer1526
repiner1551
grudger1552
moaner1628
grumbler1633
querulist1647
maunderer1653
growler1753
grumbletonian1773
smellfungus1807
crib-biter1809
expostulatora1834
squinny1849
groaner1876
grouser1885
squealer1889
gruntler1893
grump1900
grouch1901
screamer1902
Moaning Minnie1934
narker1937
binder1944
1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer i. 12 Father-in-law has been calling me whelp, and hound, this half year. Now if I pleased, I could be so revenged upon the old grumbletonian.
1806 R. Cumberland Mem. (1807) I. 181 The sullenness of a Grumbletonian.
1864 Auld Ayr 77 Her old grumbletonian of a husband.
in extended use.1830 Blackwood's Mag. 27 423/1 Playing on that eternal grumbletonian, the unhappy violoncello.
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