Definition of Churchillian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or suggestive of Winston Churchill.

Partainyms: Churchill
Derivative terms: Churchill

Definition of Churchillian

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Winston Churchill (1874-1965), English statesman and author, or to his policies or writings. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Churchillian

Church Slavonic
Church Slavonicism
Church Slavonicisms
Church of Christ Scientist
Church of England
Church of Ireland
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church of Rome
Church of Satan
Church of Scientology
Church of Scotland
Church of the Brethren
Churchianity
Churchill
Churchill Downs
Churchillian (current term)
Churchward
Churg
Churrigueresque
Churu
Chuvash
Chuvash Autonomous Oblast
Chuvashes
Chuvashia
Chvostek
Chvostek's sign
Chvostek sign
Chvostek signs
Chypre
Chypres

Literary usage of Churchillian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1800)
"... or Churchillian Epistle, from Dick to Jack. 8vo. is. 6d. Crosby and Letterman. r799- v ' Art. 4r. The Red-Cross Knights. ..."

2. A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature from the Earliest by Robert William Lowe (1888)
"... or Churchillian epistle, from Dick to Jack. London: 1799. 8vo. Satirical frontispiece. A satire on Sheridan. SHERIDAN and Kotzebue. ..."

3. The Fruits of Victory: A Sequel to "The Great Illusion," by Norman Angell (1921)
"If they are to be the 'dyke' protecting Western civilisation against the Red military flood, it must, according to the Churchillian philosophy, ..."

4. Transactions by Institution of Civil Engineers London. Engineering conference, 1907 (1907)
"... statement as being at least more "Churchillian" than my terminology. Regarding nickel steel I did not say much. Perhaps it is not fair of me to say here ..."

5. A Diary of the Salisbury Parliament, 1886-1892 by Henry William Lucy (1892)
"... -Churchillian manner ; whilst if the Speaker has had occasion prominently to interfere in the course of a sitting) the member for Cavan, following at a ..."

6. A Life of Arthur James Balfour by E. T. Raymond (1920)
"... he used language which could hardly be interpreted as other than an endorsement of the Churchillian doctrine that Ulster would be right in fighting ..."

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