Meaning of Brexiteer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone who supports Brexit, the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.
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2. Usually in plural: a holder of any of the posts in the British Cabinet tasked with negotiating the country's exit from the European Union.
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Examples

“After Ken Clarke's "Charge of Light⟳ Brigade" hit on Brexiteers in @Daily_Telegraph, Defra SoS likened to Lord Raglan in #CAP reform⟳ debate⟳”

“Whether you are a Europhile or a Brexiteer, it’s hard to see⟳ what’s not to like⟳ about a market-driven initiative that aims to pull⟳ down barriers to more investment across Europe.”

“Denying he [David Cameron] was a "closet Brexiteer", as his former aide Steve Hilton has claimed, the PM told reporters: "I withdraw⟳ absolutely nothing I've previously said. Britain is an amazing country. We can find⟳ our way whatever the British people choose⟳.”

“A leading Tory Brexiteer has insisted quitting the EU does not mean⟳ the numbers of people coming to Britain will be slashed – and claimed Vote⟳ Leave⟳ never said it would.”

“For Brexiteers in the UK, a free trade⟳ deal⟳ with the US was one of several promises made before and after the 2016 referendum that have⟳ failed to come⟳ to fruition.”

“[Margaret] Thatcher was no Brexiteer. She was a strong supporter of the Single Market and thought that the [Channel] tunnel would help⟳ cement it.”

“Completing the Three Brexiteers is Boris Johnson, the UK's new Foreign Secretary.”

“For newspapers with only the Olympics to write⟳ about during August, the squabbling "Three Brexiteers" – the senior ministers supposedly tasked with executing the will of the British people to remove⟳ us from the European Union – came as a gift.”

“She [British Prime Minister Theresa May] urges people to get⟳ behind the team of ministers working for Brexit: David Davis, Liam Fox, Priti Patel and Boris Johnson. (It seems Patel has now been co-opted as a fourth Brexiteer.)”

“That was until she announced that Boris Johnson would have⟳ to share⟳ Chevening, the foreign secretary’s grace-and-favour country retreat, with his fellow cabinet Brexiteers, David Davis and Liam Fox.”

“It's worth remembering all the Three Brexiteers, who campaigned to Leave⟳, are still in place⟳.”

“At the moment, our future is being decided by Theresa May’s desperate attempts to remain⟳ as prime minister (and to do this she has to kowtow to the wishes of the three Brexiteers Boris Johnson, David Davis, and Jacob Rees-Mogg). The future, therefore, is not being decided by us.”

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