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Constitutionalist

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n. — Hist.

a supporter of the Constitutional party; a Tory or Conservative.

See: constitutionist

Quotations

1822

The poor inhabitants of the Townships, have received a heavy broadside of artillery from this champion of the Constitutionalists.

1873

The "Sons of Liberty," with their silken banners and bands of music, openly paraded the thoroughfares of Montreal, and frequent conflicts occurred between these agitators and a body of loyal citizens calling themselves "Constitutionalists."