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leaguist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈliːɡɪst/ (UK)

Etymology

From league + -ist.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to membership of, or advocacy for, a league.
   • Sazonov supported Hartwig's pro-Serbian and leaguist policy on the Balkans, as a means both of countering Austrian designs and applying indirect pressure to the Ottomans. 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 261:

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most leaguist	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more leaguist	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

leaguist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈliːɡɪst/ (UK)

Etymology

From league + -ist.

Meanings

1. A member or supporter of a league.
   • In France the Leaguists began to denounce his rapacity and his nepotism; in Spain a Jesuit preached upon the lamentable state of the church. 1837 Mar, London Quarterly Review:
   • Yet the tensions related to the centre-periphery cleavage have always remained the basis of the political action of the leaguists. 2004, Lieven De Winter, Huri Tursan, Regionalist Parties in Western Europe:

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leaguists	Number=Plur		lexicographic