home ruler

American  

noun

1. an advocate of home rule.

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Etymology

Origin of home ruler

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Salmond has sometimes drawn a parallel between himself and the great Irish home ruler leader Charles Stuart Parnell, a man who brought constitutional home rule to the verge of success before being forced out of politics.

From The Guardian

Wibberley bowed, making up his mind that the dowager was one of those ladies with strong prejudices, who drag their skirts together if you prove to be a Home Ruler, and leave the room if you mention Sir Charles Dilke.

From Project Gutenberg

It seemed a stretch of severity when the claim to have been severely treated is the most telling feather in an Irish cap, when the fact of having been silenced in a new way inflates the lungs, if it does not strengthen the hands, of a Home Ruler.

From Project Gutenberg

If I had lived in Ireland, and seen my poor wife and children driven into the street, I think I might have been a Home Ruler—no doubt of it.

From Project Gutenberg

The viceroy, however, has to face the music, and as the embodiment of kingly rule in Ireland he has to remain a Liberal and a Home Ruler despite the knowledge that Nationalists feel bound to hold aloof from the king's representative until self-government is granted.

From Project Gutenberg