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North Atlanticist

North Atlanticist noun: a denizen or dweller of the North Atlantic.

Noun

North Atlanticist (plural North Atlanticists)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) A denizen or dweller of the North Atlantic
  2. (nonstandard, rare) An inhabitant of a nation that borders the North Atlantic
  3. One whose political views support the North Atlantic countries as a power base, especially a supporter of NATO.
    • What is it that has so upset the North Atlanticists who only recently applauded the decision by R. Lubbers' right-centrist cabinet to accept the new U.S. nuclear missiles on the Netherlands soil in 1988?1986, Worldwide Report: Arms control, page 19
    • A remarkable fact that this updated position came into being without the presence of CVP Minister of Foreign Affairs, L. Tindemans, a faithful North Atlanticist and a supporter of the placing of the missiles, at the party meeting in question.1986, Res publica - Volume 27, page 257

Adjective

North Atlanticist (comparative more North Atlanticist, superlative most North Atlanticist)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Of, or pertaining to the North Atlantic
    • However, between 1986-88 Japan was pushed into a corner by her North-Atlanticist allies when the latter sent their fleet to the Gulf, internationalizing the regional conflict.1999, Manochehr Dorraj, Middle East at the Crossroads, page 274
    • Lewis (1999) is specifically addressing the American-African diaspora in a North Atlanticist frame .2006, Nira Yuval-Davis, Kalpana Kannabiran, The Situated Politics of Belonging, page 87

Examples of North Atlanticist in a sentence

  • That Mrs Thatcher, friend of Ronald Reagan and North Atlanticist, has been replaced by John Major and a more committedly European cabinet, does not resolve the issue.1991, Roberto Giorgio Rabel, Europe Without Walls, page 142:
  • Nor can the common vision of the North Atlanticists, who made up the second tier of officials within the Foreign Ministries of the three allies, be underestimated as well.2003, Michael A. Hennessy, B. J. C. McKercher, War in the Twentieth Century: Reflections at Century's End, page 90:

Forms of North Atlanticist

Noun
pluralNorth Atlanticists
Adjective
comparativemore North Atlanticist
superlativemost North Atlanticist

Origin of North Atlanticist

From North Atlantic + -ist.

Questions about North Atlanticist

What does North Atlanticist mean?
North Atlanticist means a denizen or dweller of the North Atlantic.
How do you use North Atlanticist in a sentence?
That Mrs Thatcher, friend of Ronald Reagan and North Atlanticist, has been replaced by John Major and a more committedly European cabinet, does not resolve the issue.
What part of speech is North Atlanticist?
North Atlanticist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of North Atlanticist?
The plural of North Atlanticist is North Atlanticists.

Words near North Atlanticist in the dictionary

  1. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  2. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  3. North Atlantican
  4. North Atlanticans
  5. North Atlanticism
  6. North Atlanticist
  7. North Atlanticists
  8. North Attleboro
  9. North Attleborough
  10. North Auburn
  11. North Australia

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