Constitutioner

constitutioner English Etymology From en constitution Constitution -er ideology. Noun en Oxford University historical A member of the Constitution Club, a reformist Whig society at Oxford in the 1710s. en constitutioner en 9 February 1716 The Speech of a Member of the Constitution-Club at Oxford, Feb. 9 1715–16 1716 35 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NQjpwkfWFzIC&pg=PA35 And when the Constitutioners shall lay open to publick view a full State of their Case, and appeal to the Reason of Mankind, they are perswaded that the Representation of an Oxford-shire Grand-jury will appear to have proceeded either from Mistake or Prejudice. en 1726 w:Nicholas Amhurst Terræ-Filius: Or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford 283 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AN4rAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA283 One of the proctors, in particular, had the modesty and good manners to tell the convocation, that the constitutioners were most vile wretches who were hated by gods and men. en 1874 w:Christopher Wordsworth Social Life at the English Universities in the Eighteenth Century 43 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TqQ3HGybrOsC&pg=PA43 A Brasenose man was wounded by a gunshot fired by one of the Constitutioners, or their friends in Oriel, after which the crowd retired to pull down the conventicles. en US politics historical A member of the Constitution Party (United States, 1952) Constitution Party, a loosely organized far-right third party in the United States founded in 1952 and dissolved in the 1970s. en 1956-09-18 Constitutioners: Party to Run O’Daniel’s Wife Instead w:Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth, Tex. 76 231 1 The Constitution Party of Texas Tuesday substituted Mrs. W. Lee O’Daniel in the place of her husband as their nominee for governor of Texas. [see title] en 1957-12-13 'Constitutioner' Says Race Mixing Means Final War w:The Fresno Bee Fresno, Cal. 68 12739 13-A William Potter Gale William P. Gale, the Constitution Party’s candidate for governor of California, says it is mixture of the races which is leading the world to Armageddon [see title] en 1960-08-10 Constitutioners Name Candidate w:The Progress-Index 96 38 Petersburg–Colonial Heights, Va. 16 The Constitution Party Monday night named Charles Sullivan, 29, Clarksdale, Miss., attorney, as its presidential candidate. [see title] Anagrams en ceiinnoorstttu reconstitution en People