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Fitzwilliamite

Fitzwilliamite noun: a supporter of whig leader William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, especially his views on the need for parliamentary reform and Catholic emancipation.

Noun

Fitzwilliamite (plural Fitzwilliamites)

  1. A supporter of whig leader William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, especially his views on the need for parliamentary reform and Catholic emancipation.
    • There are Canningites, and Burdettites, and Fitzwilliamites, who tell us that Protestantism and Roman Catholicism absolutely mean the same thing; or, that the things, by dint of looking tenderly upon each other, have grown into perfect likenesses.1826, Edward Augustus Kendall, Letters to a Friend, page 856
    • So Perrott's Irish friends learned that the Fitzwilliamites were formulating a charge against Perrott, with O'Rouane for chief witness.1908, Standish O'Grady, The Flight of the Eagle, page 114

Forms of Fitzwilliamite

pluralFitzwilliamites

Origin of Fitzwilliamite

From Fitzwilliam + -ite.

Questions about Fitzwilliamite

What does Fitzwilliamite mean?
Fitzwilliamite means a supporter of whig leader William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, especially his views on the need for parliamentary reform and Catholic emancipation.
What part of speech is Fitzwilliamite?
Fitzwilliamite is a noun.
What is the plural of Fitzwilliamite?
The plural of Fitzwilliamite is Fitzwilliamites.

Words near Fitzwilliamite in the dictionary

  1. Fitzwater
  2. Fitzwaters
  3. Fitzwilliam
  4. Fitzwilliam Hall
  5. Fitzwilliam House
  6. Fitzwilliamite
  7. Fitzwilliamites
  8. FIU
  9. Fiuman
  10. Fiumans
  11. fiumara

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