Chartist
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See also: chartist
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪst
Noun[edit]
Chartist (plural Chartists)
- (historical) A supporter of the Chartism reform movement in the United Kingdom.
- 1890, William Booth, In Darkest England and the Way Out[1]:
- There to be a real blessing, raising new corn for us, purchasing new webs and hatchets from us; leaving us at least in peace; instead of staying here to be a physical-force Chartist, unblessed and no blessing!
Translations[edit]
a supporter of the Chartism reform movement
Adjective[edit]
Chartist (not comparable)
- (historical) Relating to Chartism.
- 1888, William Morris, Signs of Change […] [2], London: Reeves and Turner, page 102:
- As to the Chartist agitation, there is this to be said of it, that it was thoroughly a working-class movement, and it was caused by the simplest and most powerful of all causes—hunger.
Translations[edit]
relating to Chartism
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