Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who repeals; one who desires repeal; specifically, an agitator for repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.
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- noun One who
repeals . - noun One who seeks a repeal; specifically, an
advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union betweenGreat Britain andIreland .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The entire bill, officially known as "S3501-2011: Relates to retaining quality teachers when teaching positions are eliminated in city school districts in cities with a population of one million or more; repealer," annoys me but there are several provisions that are particularly annoying, in fact, not just illogical, but mean spirited, and shows the true intention of the bill.
Peter Zucker: A Poison Pill From Albany Just for Experienced Teachers Peter Zucker 2011
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The entire bill, officially known as "S3501-2011: Relates to retaining quality teachers when teaching positions are eliminated in city school districts in cities with a population of one million or more; repealer," annoys me but there are several provisions that are particularly annoying, in fact, not just illogical, but mean spirited, and shows the true intention of the bill.
Peter Zucker: A Poison Pill From Albany Just for Experienced Teachers Peter Zucker 2011
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The entire bill, officially known as "S3501-2011: Relates to retaining quality teachers when teaching positions are eliminated in city school districts in cities with a population of one million or more; repealer," annoys me but there are several provisions that are particularly annoying, in fact, not just illogical, but mean spirited, and shows the true intention of the bill.
Peter Zucker: A Poison Pill From Albany Just for Experienced Teachers Peter Zucker 2011
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The entire bill, officially known as "S3501-2011: Relates to retaining quality teachers when teaching positions are eliminated in city school districts in cities with a population of one million or more; repealer," annoys me but there are several provisions that are particularly annoying, in fact, not just illogical, but mean spirited, and shows the true intention of the bill.
Peter Zucker: A Poison Pill From Albany Just for Experienced Teachers Peter Zucker 2011
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Now, though, Cornyn is giving in to pressure from the far-right and wants to square this view with repealer sentiments:
Matthew Yglesias » Cornyn Backtracks, Now Supports Full Repeal 2010
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The list includes Steve Stivers in Ohio, and Vaughn Ward, an Idaho Republican who lost his primary race to a more devoted 17th Amendment repealer.
Ken Buck Clarifies Position: He Doesn't Want To Repeal 17th Amendment 2010
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With GOP Senator Kit Bond, he introduced a repealer bill shortly after the Dems took over Congress, with few expecting that it would be touched.
With Little Notice, Leahy Pushes Through Repeal of a Scary Bush Power Grab 2008
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To further show that Clause 8 would sustain your suggested law, one need only ask whether Congress has the constitutional power to end the war by voting to repeal its authorization of war, and to override a veto of the repealer: Of course Congress has the constitutional authority to do these things.
Comment on Blog 2007
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The big swagger about "great principles" eventuates, however, in denouncing by speech from the throne repeal as high treason, and O'Connell the repealer as a traitor to the state; and next, with cap in hand, and most mendicant meanness, supplicating the said traitor -- denounced -- repealing O'Connell, to deign acceptance of one of the highest offices in the realm.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various
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He had begun his speech when Steele, a brother repealer, entered.
Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 Maud Howe Elliott 1915
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