fitzwilliamite
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A supporter of whig leader William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, especially his views on the need for parliamentary reform and Catholic emancipation.
Example Sentences
- "There are Canningites, and Burdettites, and Fitzwilliamites, who tell us that Protestantism and Roman Catholicism absolutely mean the same thing; or, that the things, by dint of looking tenderly upon each other, have grown into perfect likenesses."
- "So Perrott's Irish friends learned that the Fitzwilliamites were formulating a charge against Perrott, with O'Rouane for chief witness."
- "Finally, Carey's own suffragan in Canterbury, the Bishop of Dover, Richard Llewellin, is a Fitzwilliamite and was ordained at Westcott House, the very seminary where Robert Runcie and John Habgood were once principals."
Etymology
From Fitzwilliam + -ite.