Adullamite

n. [英史](1866年因议会改革问题而)退出自由党的议员,持不同政见派别中的一员,退出一派另行组派的人

词形变化

Adullamites 复数 Adullamites

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An inhabitant of Adullam. Near this town there was a cave where David and his allies sought refuge from Saul.

    宗教
  2. 2.

    A member of the anti-reform faction of the British Liberal Party in the 19th century.

    英国 历史 政治

词源

From Adullam + -ite, in the political sense from a speech by John Bright in Parliament on 13 March 1866 deriding the anti-reformist faction of Edward Horsman as a “Cave of Adullam”, i.e. a group of malcontents.

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