/ˈmɑːdɪᵻst/, 1800s– Mahdist. Mahdistn.adj.
/ˈmɑːdɪst/, U.S. /ˈmɑdəst//ˈmɑːdɪᵻst/, 1800s– Mahdist. rare. Now chiefly historical.
A. n.
A believer in or adherent of the Mahdi or a Mahdi.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > African politics > [noun] > principle or policy in Sudan > supporter of
Mahdian1885
Mahdist1885
Ansar1891
1885 Daily Tel. 19 Feb. 5/2 A demonstration..was..made against Metemneh, in order to draw the Mahdists off.
1985 J. M. Roberts Triumph of West x. 323 Under the Mahdists, the [slave] trade actually expanded.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mahdi and his followers.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > African politics > [adjective] > specific southern African policy or politician
Rhodesian1891
Krugerite1896
Mahdist1896
1896 Daily News 3 Feb. 6/4 A man dressed in the Mahdist ‘jibba’ appeared before Slatin's fort.
1996 A. I. Abu Shouk & A. Bjørkeld Public Treasury of Muslims Introd. p. x The final battle took place on 26 January 1885 when the Mahdist forces took Khartoum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- to call a person to his or her feet
- to call a person to his or her legs
- to call a person to stress
- to call a person to the colours
- to call a person unto the law
- to call a person's name
- to call a person's name something specified
- to call a pikestaff a pikestaff
- to call a spade a bloody shovel
- to call a spade a shovel
- to call a spade a spade
- to call a thing one's own
- to call a thing out of its name
- to call absence
- to call after
- to call again
- to call all to naught
- to call all to nought
- to call also for moose
- to call an actor before the curtain
- to call attention to
- to call away
- to call back
- to call before the curtain