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Ulster Unionist Council

British  

noun

  1. a Northern Irish political party advocating the maintenance of union with the UK

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I doubt if there are any more democratic organizations than those of the Ulster Unionist Council, the Unionist Clubs, and the Orangemen.

From Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union by S. Rosenbaum

On the 31st of January, 1911, when the elections were over, he went over from London to preside at an important meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council.

From Ulster's Stand For Union by Ronald John McNeill

On the 6th of June Carson explained the Cabinet's proposals at a special meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council held in private.

From Ulster's Stand For Union by Ronald John McNeill

The Ulster Unionist Council had appropriated $5,000,000 for volunteer widows and orphans.

From The Invisible Censor by Francis Hackett

They were pledged to act simply as delegates, who must submit every question of importance to an Advisory Committee in Belfast—behind which again was the Ulster Unionist Council.

From John Redmond's Last Years by Stephen Lucius Gwynn

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