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Definition of Parliamentarian

1. Noun. An elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons.

Definition of Parliamentarian

1. a. Of or pertaining to Parliament.

2. n. One who adhered to the Parliament, in opposition to King Charles I.

Definition of Parliamentarian

1. Proper noun. a supporter of parliament during the English Civil War. ¹

2. Noun. A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name. ¹

3. Noun. A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure. ¹

4. Noun. An officer in most legislative bodies charged with being well-versed in the parliamentary rules of that legislative house, and whose rulings are taken as authoritative, to be appealed only to the whole of the house itself under special rules. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parliamentarian

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Parliamentarian

Literary usage of Parliamentarian

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

1. English Lands, Letters and Kings by Donald Grant Mitchell (1897)
"parliamentarian and Historian. Meantime occasional papers from Macaulay's hand found their way into the pages of the great Northern Review — but by no means ..."

2. The Methodist Review (1895)
"Tl>c parliamentarian; or. Parliamentary Law Condensed. By Rev. TB NFELT, D.D_ LL.D., Author of Young Workers tn Wie Church, etc. 1 Brno, pp. 90. ..."

3. The History of Ireland from the Invasion of Henry II.: With a Preliminary by Thomas Leland (1814)
"III. parliamentarian forces in Connaught became so \io- lent and alarming,, that the confederates grew more Urgent f • ceed* in your intended voyage with ..."

4. The Statesmen of the Commonwealth of England: With a Treatise on the Popular by John Forster (1862)
"The renegade Urrie, thoroughly versed in the country and the habits of the parliamentarian army, now planned the expedition which ended in the eventful ..."

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