Lexiteer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈlɛɡzɪ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈlɛksɪtɪəɹ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Lexit + -eer, after Brexiteer.
Meanings
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(UK) A leftist supporter of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union; a left-wing Brexiteer.
Ms. Watkins is a “Lexiteer,” as left-wing supporters of ‘Brexit’ like me are known. […] A counterweight to the anti-immigrant fear mongering of the former leader of the right-wing U.K. Independence Party, Nigel Farage, Lexiteers argued a left-wing, democratic and internationalist case for Brexit. […] Although Lexiteers have little patience for the national nihilism of “Davos Man,” the globalist elite, we are no xenophobes.
2017 March 28, Alan Johnson, “Why Brexit Is Best for Britain: The Left-Wing Case”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| Lexiteers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |