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Paisleyites

Paisleyites is the plural of Paisleyite.

Meaning of Paisleyite

Noun

Paisleyite (plural Paisleyites)

  1. (UK, neologism) A political supporter of Ian Paisley ((1926 - 2014) ), loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party
    • Meanwhile, the current leadershp of Irish Republicanism are literally pleading with Orange Settlers, Paileyites et al to engage in what you call "constitutional", democratic pursuits and to ignore the right of the Irish people to self-determine our own future.2006 July 13, Ciaran Damery, “Shift in Sinn Fein engagement with PSNI”, in Slugger O'Toole

Questions about Paisleyites

What is Paisleyites the plural of?
Paisleyites is the plural of Paisleyite.

Words near Paisleyites in the dictionary

  1. paisley
  2. Paisley Underground
  3. paisleyed
  4. Paisleyism
  5. Paisleyite
  6. Paisleyites
  7. paisleylike
  8. paisleys
  9. Pait
  10. Paitan
  11. Paitan-Panoypoy

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