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Constitutioner

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    See also:constitutioner

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    Etymology

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    FromConstitution +‎-er.

    Noun

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    Constitutioner (pluralConstitutioners)

    1. (Oxford University, historical) A member of the Constitution Club, a reformistWhig society at Oxford in the 1710s.
      Alternative form:constitutioner
      • 1716 February 9,The Speech of a Member of the Constitution-Club at Oxford, Feb. 9 1715–16 [], published1716,page35:
        And when theConstitutioners shall lay open to publick view a full State of their Case, and appeal to the Reason of Mankind, they are perswaded that theRepresentation of an Oxford-shire Grand-jury will appear to have proceeded either from Mistake or Prejudice.
      • 1726,Nicholas Amhurst,Terræ-Filius: Or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford [],page283:
        One of theproctors, in particular, had the modesty and good manners to tell the convocation, that theconstitutioners were[]most vile wretches who were hated by gods and men.
      • 1874,Christopher Wordsworth,Social Life at the English Universities in the Eighteenth Century,page43:
        A Brasenose man was wounded by a gunshot fired by one of theConstitutioners, or their friends in Oriel, after which the crowd retired to pull down the conventicles.
    2. (US politics, historical) A member of theConstitution Party, a loosely organizedfar-rightthird party in theUnited States founded in 1952 and dissolved in the 1970s.
      • 1956 September 18, “Constitutioners: Party to Run O’Daniel’s Wife Instead”, inFort Worth Star-Telegram, volume76, number231, Fort Worth, Tex., page 1:
        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]
      • 1957 December 13, “'Constitutioner' Says Race Mixing Means Final War”, inThe Fresno Bee, volume68, number12739, Fresno, Cal., page13-A:
        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]
      • 1960 August 10, “Constitutioners Name Candidate”, inThe Progress-Index, volume96, number38, Petersburg–Colonial Heights, Va., page16:
        The Constitution Party Monday night named Charles Sullivan, 29, Clarksdale, Miss., attorney, as its presidential candidate. [see title]

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