Brexiteer

English Etymology thumb|A Brexiteer holding a “Vote Leave” sign during the run-up to the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum on 23 June 2016, at which a majority of voters supported Britain leaving the European Union en :af Brexit -eer 1 From en Brexit eer, playing on en musketeer and the novel The Three Musketeers. Pronunciation en /ˌbɹɛksɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/ /ˌbɹɛɡzɪ-/ RP en /ˌbɹɛksɪˈtiɹ/ /ˌbɹɛɡzɪ-/ GA en En-au-Brexiteer.ogg AU en Brex it eer Noun en UK politics Someone who supports Brexit, the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union. en Brexiter leaver Leaver outer en Bremainer Remainer Remainiac Remoaner the latter two derogatory en 18 June 2013 huw4ogmore 347012418137886722 Huw Irranca-Davies https://web.archive.org/web/20161116202046/https:/twitter.com/huw4ogmore/status/347012418137886722 16 November 2016 After Ken Clarke's "Charge of Light Brigade" hit on Brexiteers in @Daily_Telegraph, Defra SoS likened to Lord Raglan in #CAP reform debate en William Wright A plan from Brussels where Britain can take the lead https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/11911222/A-plan-from-Brussels-where-Britain-can-take-the-lead.html https://web.archive.org/web/20181109073543/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/11911222/A-plan-from-Brussels-where-Britain-can-take-the-lead.html 9 November 2018 w:The Daily Telegraph London 4 October 2015 Whether you are a Europhile or a Brexiteer, it’s hard to see what’s not to like about a market-driven initiative that aims to pull down barriers to more investment across Europe. en David Cameron: I am not a closet Brexiteer https://www.heraldscotland.com/News/14520732.David_Cameron__I_am_not_a_closet_Brexiteer/ The Herald Glasgow 27 May 2016 Denying he [David Cameron] was a "closet Brexiteer", as his former aide Steve Hilton has claimed, the PM told reporters: "I withdraw absolutely nothing I've previously said. Britain is an amazing country. We can find our way whatever the British people choose. https://web.archive.org/web/20180819165811/http://www.heraldscotland.com/News/14520732.David_Cameron__I_am_not_a_closet_Brexiteer/ 19 August 2018 en Tim Sculthorpe Tory Brexiteer Dan Hannan insists quitting the EU does NOT mean dramatic cuts to the number of immigrants coming to Britain http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3659802/Tory-Brexiteer-Dan-Hannan-insists-quitting-EU-does-NOT-mean-dramatic-cuts-number-immigrants-coming-Britain.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160626141701/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3659802/Tory-Brexiteer-Dan-Hannan-insists-quitting-EU-does-NOT-mean-dramatic-cuts-number-immigrants-coming-Britain.html 26 June 2016 w:Daily Mail London 25 June 2016 A leading Tory Brexiteer has insisted quitting the EU does not mean the numbers of people coming to Britain will be slashed – and claimed Vote Leave never said it would. 27 June 2016 en Jo Harper UK-US: What's happened to their free trade deal? 7/8/2023 dw.com For Brexiteers in the UK, a free trade deal with the US was one of several promises made before and after the 2016 referendum that have failed to come to fruition. en 2023 December 27 Christian Wolmar Hope springs eternal for greater use of the Channel Tunnel RAIL 999 26 [Margaret] Thatcher was no Brexiteer. She was a strong supporter of the Single Market and thought that the [Channel] tunnel would help cement it. en UK politics Usually in plural: a holder of any of the posts in the British Cabinet tasked with negotiating the country's exit from the European Union. en Christian May May and the three Brexiteers lead Britain w:City A.M. London 14 July 2016 Completing the Three Brexiteers is Boris Johnson, the UK's new Foreign Secretary. en w:Simon Heffer The Three Brexiteers https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/09/weeks-magazine-three-brexiteers https://web.archive.org/web/20181020023518/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/09/weeks-magazine-three-brexiteers 20 October 2018 w:New Statesman London 7 September 2016 9–15 September 2016 For newspapers with only the Olympics to write about during August, the squabbling "Three Brexiteers" – the senior ministers supposedly tasked with executing the will of the British people to remove us from the European Union – came as a gift. en Andrew Sparrow May says workers’ rights will be protected as long as she is PM – Politics live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2016/oct/02/conservative-conference-may-to-explain-brexit-great-repeal-bill-in-marr-interview-politics-live?page=with:block-57f12595e4b05962fdf4a28c https://web.archive.org/web/20170106072755/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2016/oct/02/conservative-conference-may-to-explain-brexit-great-repeal-bill-in-marr-interview-politics-live?page=with:block-57f12595e4b05962fdf4a28c 6 January 2017 w:The Guardian London 2 October 2016 She [British Prime Minister Theresa May] urges people to get behind the team of ministers working for Brexit: David Davis, Liam Fox, Priti Patel and Boris Johnson. (It seems Patel has now been co-opted as a fourth Brexiteer.) en Matt Chorley Bluster, bickering and three Brexiteers: Stage is set for a satire made in heaven: Yes Minister creator finds comic gold among Chevening’s trio of new tenants https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/three-brexiteers-house-share-provides-ready-made-material-for-political-satire-s79hhjh5g https://web.archive.org/web/20170108021453/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/three-brexiteers-house-share-provides-ready-made-material-for-political-satire-s79hhjh5g 8 January 2017 w:The Times London 31 October 2016 That was until she announced that Boris Johnson would have to share Chevening, the foreign secretary’s grace-and-favour country retreat, with his fellow cabinet Brexiteers, David Davis and Liam Fox. en Anoosh Chakelian Government reshuffle: Who’s who in Theresa May’s new team?: While attempting to cling on to power, the Prime Minister is making some new appointments https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/june2017/2017/06/government-reshuffle-who-s-who-theresa-may-s-new-team https://web.archive.org/web/20170815103840/http://www.newstatesman.com:80/politics/june2017/2017/06/government-reshuffle-who-s-who-theresa-may-s-new-team 15 August 2017 w:New Statesman London 11 June 2017 It's worth remembering all the Three Brexiteers, who campaigned to Leave, are still in place. en Athian Akec As a 15-year-old youth MP, I can tell you why ignoring our young people on the final Brexit deal will be a disaster https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/final-say-campaign-brexit-deal-second-vote-referendum-youth-vote-a8487516.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180815071324/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/final-say-campaign-brexit-deal-second-vote-referendum-youth-vote-a8487516.html 15 August 2018 w:The Independent London 11 August 2018 At the moment, our future is being decided by Theresa May’s desperate attempts to remain as prime minister (and to do this she has to kowtow to the wishes of the three Brexiteers Boris Johnson, David Davis, and Jacob Rees-Mogg). The future, therefore, is not being decided by us. Hyponyms en Lexiteer Translations someone who supports Brexit Georgian: ka ბრექსიტერი rare German: de Brexitbefürworter m, de Brexitbefürworterin f, de Brexiteer m, de Brexiteerin f Swedish: sv brexitör c holder of any of the posts in the British Cabinet tasked with negotiating the country's exit from the European Union Further reading Brexit United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 en Brexit European Union People