单词 | party-liner |
释义 | party-linern. A person who adheres to the policies adopted by his or her political party; a politician who rarely deviates from the party line. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > party principles or line > following of > one who party-liner1883 1883 Postville (Iowa) Post 29 Jan. 3/1 The friends of the cause we have advocated..are its [sc. the newspaper's] best friends and supporters, while its enemies are invariably old party liners. 1898 Boston Sunday Globe 9 Oct. 2/4 On the election of a new town committee..there will be a spirited contest between the old party liners and the young element of the party. 1915 Lima (Ohio) 15 Dec. 11/2 Ten cities elected mayors, but party liners were drawn in only a few instances. 1940 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 24 Jan. 12/5 He is a 100 per cent party liner, a wheel-horse in the best Democratic or Republican party tradition. 1966 Economist 1 Oct. 39/3 The Chinese here—Nationalists and party-liners alike..are clearly confused. 1973 C. Mullard Black Brit. ix. 106 Good councillors who find themselves in disagreement with their party's views on race can be removed and replaced with party-liners. 2001 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 20 Oct. c11 Our guides attitudes varied from rigid partyliners to flexible free-thinkers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1883 |
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