Canningiten.adj.
/ˈkanɪŋʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈkænɪŋ(ɡ)ˌaɪt/ Politics. Now historical.
A. n.
A supporter or adherent of George Canning or his policies, esp. his liberal policies as Foreign Secretary.
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1804 Times 18 Apr. 2/3 The Foxites, Windhamites, and Canningites, are prodigiously elate at the division of Tuesday night.
1852 Daily News (London) 22 Jan. 4/6 Lord George Bentinck in like manner adhered to the traditions of ‘the great whig families’ and was a Canningite to boot.
1902 L. G. Robinson Lett. Dorothea, Princess Lieven 117 The Canningites, however, for a time consented to work with the Duke, who showed no disposition to go back upon the foreign policy of their late leader.
1979 N. Gash Aristocracy & People v. 131 Though the Canningites were never isolated on policy, they isolated themselves personally.
2007 V. Gatrell City of Laughter ix. 270 The propagandist prints whose subjects the Canningites dictated to him were bland productions.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of George Canning, his policies, or his supporters.
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1827 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 25 Aug. 554/2 It appears the leaders on that side of the channel are also deeply infected with the Canningite delirium.
1872 Q. Rev. Oct. 324 Reference has been made to the effect, upon both the Whigs and the old Tories, of the unnatural coalition, as they called it, between the Duke and the Canningite party.
1935 Hist. Times I. xv. 260 In the course of a reconstruction of his Ministry caused by the Canningite defections, Wellington chose an Irish Protestant to preside over the Board of Trade.
1967 Economist 30 Sept. 1202/3 He tried to carry on with a Canningite coalition.
2008 A. Hawkins Forgotten Prime Minister II. iii. 113 While Derby followed a Canningite line in domestic politics during the 1830s, Palmerston assumed Canning's mantle in foreign policy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1804