| 单词 | prerogative party |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprerogative party prerogative party n. now historical a political group or party supporting established rights and prerogatives, particularly those of the Crown. ΚΠ 1701 Answer Memorial in Ballad 28 You shall not want those to stand by you, who have entrusted you with the Defence of their Rights, and Liberties, notwithstanding the Numbers which a Prerogative Party may threaten You with. 1798 W. Belsham Hist. Great Brit. II. xi. 396 The thanks of the House were nevertheless immediately voted him; yet not without exciting the secret and acrimonious resentment of the King's friends, or Prerogative party. 1834 J. C. Calhoun Speech 9 Apr. in Papers (1979) XII. 293 That most dangerous spectacle in a country like ours, a prerogative party, who take their creed wholly from the mandate of their chief. 1975 News (Frederick, Maryland) 19 June d2/2 Oliver had regularly supported the prerogative party headed by his brother-in-law. < as lemmas |
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