Redmonditen.adj.
/ˈrɛdməndʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈrɛdmənˌdaɪt/ Now historical.
A. n.
A supporter of John Edward Redmond or his Irish nationalist policies, spec. with reference to his ultimate support of the Home Rule Bill of 1912.
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Redmondite1891
O'Brienite1900
Larkinite1913
1891 Daily News 26 Oct. 6/1 [Cork] Mud and harmless missiles were pelted at the ‘Redmondites’.
1895 Notes from Ireland 2 Feb. 47 The past week has seen the issue of two familiar appeals..one from the McCarthyites, and one from the Redmondites.
1913 Times 30 Dec. 3/2 Mr John MacNeill denies that his friends are actuated by hostility towards the Redmondites.
1973 S. Levenson James Connolly xvii. 208 He accused the Redmondites of accepting partition without a struggle.
2004 M. Kelly in Ireland in Transition ii. viii. 143 The Redmondites developed their estrangement from the Liberal party into the principle of ‘independence’.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or supporting Redmond.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [adjective] > principles or policies > of specific politician
Parnellite1882
Redmondite1891
Larkinite1913
1891 Times 30 Oct. 6/2 All the city bands which have remained with the Redmondite party joined in the demonstration on cars.
1895 Notes from Ireland 2 Feb. 47 The Redmondite manifesto.
1905 T. D. Sullivan Recoll. Troubled Times in Irish Politics xxxvii. 339 At the first blush one might suppose that the Tory party would scoff at the Redmondite motion.
1978 D. Murphy Place Apart ii. 17 My mother, whose ancestry was Redmondite at best.
2005 M. Wheatley Nationalism & Irish Party iv. 76 In the pre-war years, Nugent advanced the full gamut of Redmondite views, which were reported without any adverse comment in the party press.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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