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Definition of Oppositionist
1. n. One who belongs to the opposition party.
Definition of Oppositionist
1. Noun. A person who opposes; especially a member of an official opposition ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oppositionist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oppositionist
Literary usage of Oppositionist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1808)
"THE SOLILOQUY OF AN oppositionist! TO BE DELIVERED THIS DAY, APRIL Q, ISO?.
[From the same ] vote, or not to vote ?—that is the question : Whether 't is ..."
2. George the Third, His Court, and Family by John Galt (1824)
"It was unfortunate for that highly gifted individual that he was an oppositionist
at the commencement of the revolution, as we firmly and seriously believe, ..."
3. The Humourist's Own Book: A Cabinet of Original and Selected Anecdotes, Bon by Author of The young man's own book (1836)
"New oppositionist. A dog having one day got into the House of Commons, ...
His lordship pleasantly inquired by what new oppositionist he was attacked ? ..."
4. Arrows from My Quiver: Pointed with the Steel of Truth and Winged by Faith by James Caughey (1868)
"THE OPPOSITION J OR, HINTS TO " AN oppositionist." *T was said of one of the
emperors of Rome that he was careful of what was done by him, but careless of ..."
5. Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1905)
"XXX CONCLUSION IT is a mighty panorama, this, which the study of the feelings
and thoughts of Germany, first oppositionist, then revolutionary, between 1815 ..."
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