Gipperite

English

Etymology

Gipper +‎ -ite

Noun

Gipperite (plural Gipperites)

1. (rare) A supporter of Ronald Reagan (1911–2004), 40th president of the United States (1981–1989), and/or policies that he endorsed.
   • 1994, Samuel T. Francis, Beautiful Losers: Essays on the Failure of American Conservatism, page 199:

     When Kevin Phillips's The Politics of Rich and Poor hit the bestseller list last summer, the Gipperites began to squeal like a worn-out fan belt in a used Toyota.

   • 2007, Brian Doherty, Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement, pages 452–453:

     Even the most antigovernment of Gipperites weren't ready to turn their back on the war on drugs, as Cato urged, but program cutting, bashing, these sorts of things were right in the main.

   • 2007, Etta Hulme, political cartoon published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2007:

     [Elephant reading a bedtime story titled Prez Race '08 to its child]: Then the Gipperites discovered there was no such thing as a Bushie. It had all been just a bad dream.

Synonyms

• Reaganite
• Reaganaut