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vetoists

vetoists is the plural of vetoist.

Meaning of vetoist

Noun

vetoist (plural vetoists)

  1. (historical, usually) One who uses, or supports the use of, the veto, especially in relation to the appointment of Catholic bishops in Ireland in the 19th century.
    • I afterwards proceeded to shew, that both vetoists and anti-vetoists, by uniting to press, as a sine qua non, the necessity of emancipation on the mind of his Holiness, were forcing him to a decision, which at the present moment, for the reasons I then assigned, was pregnant with danger.1816, Catholicon; or, The Christian philosopher, page 195

Questions about vetoists

What is vetoists the plural of?
Vetoists is the plural of vetoist.

Words near vetoists in the dictionary

  1. vetoing
  2. vetoism
  3. vetoist
  4. vetoistic
  5. vetoistical
  6. vetoists
  7. vetony
  8. vetoproof
  9. vetos
  10. vetrabutine
  11. Vetrano

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