English Explanatory Dictionary

Peelite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of a breakaway faction of the British Conservative Party in the nineteenth century, characterised by a commitment to free trade and a managerial, almost technocratic, approach to government.

Word forms

Peelite Peelites

Etymology

From Peel + -ite, after Sir Robert Peel.

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