Liberal Unionist

noun

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

Derived FormsLiberal Unionism, noun

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Examples from the Web for liberal unionist

Historical Examples of liberal unionist

Compact or no compact, his claim upon the Liberal-Unionist vote was strong.
Lord Randolph Churchill
Winston Spencer Churchill
Their votes had contributed four-fifths of the poll of all the Liberal-Unionist members in the city.
Lord Randolph Churchill
Winston Spencer Churchill
The one important new development concerned the Liberal-Unionist organization.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7
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