home rule

English

Alternative forms

• Home Rule (primarily in reference to Irish self-government)

Noun

home rule (uncountable)

1. The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.
   1. (historical, especially) Self-government of the island of Ireland.
2. Ellipsis of home rule class.

Derived terms

• (Irish self-government): Rome rule, Rome Rule

Translations

home rule

• Danish: hjemmestyre n
• Faroese: heimastýri n
• Gujarati: સ્વરાજ m (svarāj)
• Hindi: स्वराज (hi) m (svarāj)
• Icelandic: heimastjórn f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hjemmestyre n

  Nynorsk: heimestyre n

Further reading

• Home rule on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Irish Home Rule movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “home rule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.