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Cardwellian

Cardwellian adjective: of or relating to Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell (1813–1886), British politician who introduced the Cardwell Reforms.

Adjective

Cardwellian (comparative more Cardwellian, superlative most Cardwellian)

  1. Of or relating to Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell (1813–1886), British politician who introduced the Cardwell Reforms.
    • Practically speaking, the defence of England and the maintenance of our hold on India were the only points to which the Cardwellian system looked.1903, Leopold Stennett Amery, The Problem of the Army, page 14

Forms of Cardwellian

comparativemore Cardwellian
superlativemost Cardwellian

Origin of Cardwellian

From Cardwell + -ian.

Questions about Cardwellian

What does Cardwellian mean?
Cardwellian means of or relating to Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell (1813–1886), British politician who introduced the Cardwell Reforms.
What part of speech is Cardwellian?
Cardwellian is an adjective.

Words near Cardwellian in the dictionary

  1. cardueline
  2. carduoid
  3. Cardus
  4. cardware
  5. Cardwell
  6. Cardwellian
  7. cardy
  8. care
  9. care a button
  10. care a fig
  11. care a hoot

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