| 单词 | brunswick club |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBrunswick Club Brunswick Club n. now historical any of a number of Protestant organizations formed first in Ireland and later in England to oppose Daniel O'Connell's Catholic Association and the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829. [Probably so named on account of the fact that the heirs of Sophia of Hanover, Duchess Dowager of Hanover and Brunswick (1630–1714), were designated as the lawful British monarchs by the Act of Settlement of 1701. Although it has sometimes been suggested that the first club of this kind was founded by Charles, Duke of Brunswick 1823–31, there appears to be no evidence to support such a suggestion.] extracted from Brunswickn.< as lemmas |
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