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Meaning of grumbletonian | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/ˌɡɹʌm.bəlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/

Definitions

Originally a member of the 17th-century Country Party; later a member of the opposition.

UK, derogatory, obsolete, slang

Examples

“He was often dis-guſted, and thought a Grumble-tonian; but there was no getting an inſight into his Proceedings. He’d be counted ſometimes (behind the Curtain) a High-Flyer, and Tory-rory-Ranter; yet, by his natural In-ſtinks, he inclined to be of the Low-Party: Some ſay he was of no Side, but between both.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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