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Bloquiste
DCHP-2 (Oct 2016)
Spelling variants:bloquiste
n. — Politics, French relations
a member or supporter of the Bloc Québécois, a federal party devoted to Quebec sovereignty/separatism.
Type: 1. Origin — After the Charter of the French Language was passed in 1977, making French the sole official language of Quebec, many French words with no English equivalents have been borrowed into Quebec English, particularly those dealing with politics and language. Bloquiste, like Péquiste, falls under Type 1 of Boberg's (2012: 497-501) processes of lexical transfer in Quebec, which describes "elective direct lexical transfer[s]". Not surprisingly, the term is exclusively used in Canadian English (see Chart 1).
The Bloc Québécois was founded in 1991, at which time the term Bloquiste was coined (see the 1991 quotation).
See also COD-2, s.v. "Bloquiste", which is marked "Cdn", and ITP Nelson, s.v. "Bloquiste".
The Bloc Québécois was founded in 1991, at which time the term Bloquiste was coined (see the 1991 quotation).
See also COD-2, s.v. "Bloquiste", which is marked "Cdn", and ITP Nelson, s.v. "Bloquiste".
For a disambiguation of the terms separatism and sovereignity, see the fist note at Bloc Québécois.
Quotations
1991
With his jet-black hair, long sideburns and sneer, the King would have been a perfect choice to play the bloated bloquiste.
1997
"We already have in our bylaws that we have to stay until Quebec is a sovereign country," Bloquiste Suzanne Tremblay said Friday.
2007
New Democrat Olivia Chow, Liberal Ruby Dhalla and Bloquiste Vivian Barbot have joined forces to put child care back on the national agenda.
References
- Boberg (2012)
- ITP Nelson
- COD-2
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