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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a member of the Radical party.

See: Rad,Radical party,Radical Reformer,rebel(def. 1)

Quotations

1833

We are the friends of justice, freedom, and independence, and these virtues we shall always respect and reverence whether they be found in a Radical, a Whig, or a Tory.

1839

We have here Tories, Whigs, and Radicals, so called; but these words do not signify exactly what we mean by the same designations at home.

1937

In general the Reformers were either not Radicals or felt constrained to change their allegiance--outwardly at least--upon the crushing of the revolt.