Meaning of constitutioner | Babel Free
Definitions
- One who frames or revises a constitution.
- A member of the Constitution Club, a reformist Whig society at Oxford in the 1710s.
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Alternative letter-case form of Constitutioner (“member of the Constitution Club”). alt-of
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A member of the Constitution Party, a loosely organized far-right third party in the United States founded in 1952 and dissolved in the 1970s. US, historical
Examples
“For quotations using this term, see⟳ Citations:constitutioner.”
“And when the Constitutioners shall lay⟳ open⟳ to publick view⟳ a full State of their Case, and appeal to the Reason⟳ of Mankind, they are perswaded that the Representation of an Oxford-shire Grand-jury will appear⟳ to have⟳ proceeded either from Mistake⟳ or Prejudice.”
“One of the proctors, in particular, had the modesty and good manners to tell⟳ the convocation, that the constitutioners were […] most vile wretches who were hated by gods and men.”
“A Brasenose man was wounded by a gunshot fired by one of the Constitutioners, or their friends in Oriel, after which the crowd retired to pull⟳ down the conventicles.”
“The Constitution Party of Texas Tuesday substituted Mrs. W. Lee O’Daniel in the place⟳ of her husband as their nominee for governor of Texas. [see⟳ title]”
“William P. Gale, the Constitution Party’s candidate for governor of California, says it is mixture of the races which is leading the world to Armageddon […] [see⟳ title]”
“The Constitution Party Monday night named Charles Sullivan, 29, Clarksdale, Miss⟳., attorney, as its presidential candidate. [see⟳ title]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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