Lexiteer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Lexit + -eer, after Brexiteer.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛksɪtɪəɹ/, /ˈlɛɡzɪ-/
Noun[edit]
Lexiteer (plural Lexiteers)
- (UK politics) A leftist supporter of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union; a left-wing Brexiteer.
- 2017 March 28, Alan Johnson, “Why Brexit Is Best for Britain: The Left-Wing Case”, in New York Times:
- A counterweight to the anti-immigrant fear mongering of the former leader of the right-wing U.K. Independence Party, Nigel Farage, Lexiteers argued a left-wing, democratic and internationalist case for Brexit.