Unionist
[ju:njәnist]
Definition
(n.) One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal supporter of a federal union, as that of the United States.
(n.) A member or supporter of a trades union.
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Examples
- The bill broke the Liberal Party asunder; and a coalition government, the Unionist Government, replaced that of Mr. Gladstone. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I believe too that the fighting qualities of syndicalism are kept at the boiling point by a greater sense of outraged human dignity than can be found among mere socialists or unionists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They were Catholics, Democrats and old-fashioned trade-unionists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Night came, but the unionists were conspicuous by their absence, although more circuits than one were intolerant of delay and clamorous for attention---eight local unionists being away. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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