Liberal Unionist

British  

noun

1. a Liberal who opposed Gladstone's policy of Irish Home Rule in 1886 and after

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Other Word Forms

• Liberal Unionism noun

Example Sentences

Davy Wilson, who runs logistics company Freight Partnership, describes himself as a "liberal unionist".

From BBC

A liberal unionist, he was sympathetic to workers' rights.

From BBC

“The real story of the night is the Alliance Party in the middle, which is now our third-largest party,” said Newton Emerson, a political commentator in Northern Ireland, who describes himself as a “liberal unionist.”

From New York Times

At the age of 21 he decided to live in England, where he married an English cousin, Evelina, and became a member of Parliament for the Liberal Unionist Party in 1885.

From New York Times

At the time the author was seeking to become a Liberal Unionist MP in the Borders.

From BBC