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Definition of Right-wing
1. Adjective. Believing in or supporting tenets of the political right.
Definition of Right-wing
1. Adjective. (politics) politically in favor of preserving traditional social orders and heirarchies, and/or government non-interference in economic affairs ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Right-wing
Literary usage of Right-wing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"His men then pressed torward, driving the Federals for nearly half a mile, without
a check, before them, until their right wing was forced back upon their ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"that our left wing reached the Swiss border, instead of extending our right wing
to the sea. I confess that I cannot understand this criticism. ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"After the victorious advance of the Russian right wing had put an end to ...
Then he ordered the right wing, which hitherto had been inactive, to charge. ..."
4. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians ...by Charles Rollin by Charles Rollin (1815)
"Philip, with his light armed troops, and the right wing of his phalanx, hastens
towards the mountains, commanding Nicanor to march the rest of the army ..."
5. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1845)
"In the mean time, he received such of his troops as had been repulsed ; posted
them, whether horse or foot, on the right wing ; and commanded the ..."
6. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... and attacks the enemy with his right wing—Combat on the Hormaza—The French
retreat behind Pancorbo and blow up the castle of Burgos—Wellington crosses ..."
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