partyman
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See also: party man
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]partyman (plural partymen)
- (dated outside India, politics) A partisan; a member of a political party or faction.
- 1757, David Hume, “[Charles II.] Chapter VI.”, in The History of Great Britain, under the House of Stuart, 2nd edition, volume II, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], published 1759, →OCLC, page 327:
- It was even rumored, that he had confessed; and the zealous partymen, who, no doubt, had secretly, notwithstanding their credulity, entertained some scruple with regard to the popish conspiracy, expressed great triumph on this occasion.
- 1826, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, 2nd edition, volume 2, page 360:
- England has partymen in profusion; in court-livery and sans-culottes: if a solitary, sedate republican should rise up in that country, they would unite and tear him to pieces […]
- 2023 July 11, “Expelled partymen may join us again if they apologise: AIADMK”, in Deccan Herald:
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References
[edit]- “partyman, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.