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  • noun One of a breakaway faction of the British Conservative Party in the nineteenth century, characterised by a commitment to free trade and a managerial, almost technocratic, approach to government.

Etymologies

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Peel +‎ -ite, after Sir Robert Peel.

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Examples

  • After Peel's death in 1850, Gladstone became leader of this 'Peelite' faction in the House of Commons.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • After Peel's death in 1850, Gladstone became leader of this 'Peelite' faction in the House of Commons.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • After Peel's death in 1850, Gladstone became leader of this 'Peelite' faction in the House of Commons.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Mr. Gladstone, who was the most distinguished Peelite in the Cabinet, certainly could not, up to this period, be suspected of lukewarmness in the prosecution of the war.

    The Grand Old Man Cook, Richard B 1989

  • The Peelite members of the cabinet were generally less inclined to war than the Whigs.

    The Grand Old Man Cook, Richard B 1989

  • Abetted by patronage, venality, and jealously guarded civic liberties, the pre-Peelite cops were ineffectual, underpaid, and despised.

    Short Reviews Editors, The 1972

  • Gladstone, formerly a Peelite Tory, and for a time uncertain whether to return to the Tory fold or to join the Liberals, had yielded to Palmerston's promise of a free hand in financial matters, and had joined the Ministry as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

    Great Britain and the American Civil War Ephraim Douglass Adams

  • The Peelite members of the cabinet were generally less inclined to war than the Whigs.

    The Grand Old Man Richard B. Cook

  • Mr. Gladstone, who was the most distinguished Peelite in the

    The Grand Old Man Richard B. Cook

  • Originally a Conservative, he had become a freetrader with Sir Robert Peel, and for the next few years was a prominent member of the Peelite party.

    Queen Victoria Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901 Anonymous

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