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Fitzwilliamites

Fitzwilliamites is the plural of Fitzwilliamite.

Meaning of Fitzwilliamite

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

Questions about Fitzwilliamites

What is Fitzwilliamites the plural of?
Fitzwilliamites is the plural of Fitzwilliamite.

Words near Fitzwilliamites in the dictionary

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

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