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  home rule

  noun

  self-government in local matters by a city, province, state, colony, or the like.
• Home Rule
  Home Rule

  noun

  self-government for Ireland: the goal of the Irish Nationalists from about 1870 to 1920

home rule

American  

noun

1. self-government in local matters by a city, province, state, colony, or the like.

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home rule ¹ British  

noun

1. self-government, esp in domestic affairs

2. government the partial autonomy of cities and (in some states) counties, under which they manage their own affairs, with their own charters, etc, within the limits set by the state constitution and laws

3. the partial autonomy sometimes granted to a national minority or a colony

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Home Rule ² British  

noun

1. self-government for Ireland: the goal of the Irish Nationalists from about 1870 to 1920

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Etymology

Origin of home rule

First recorded in 1855–60

Related Words

• self-determination
• self-rule