Chartist

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Etymology

From chart(er) +‎ -ist, see Chartism.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪst

Noun

Chartist (plural Chartists)

1. (historical) A supporter of the Chartism reform movement in the United Kingdom.
   • 1890, William Booth, In Darkest England and the Way Out‎:

     There to be a real blessing, raising new corn for us, purchasing new webs and hatchets from us; leaving us at least in peace; instead of staying here to be a physical-force Chartist, unblessed and no blessing!

Translations

a supporter of the Chartism reform movement

French: chartiste (fr) m or f Italian: cartista f Polish: czartysta m Russian: чартист (ru) (čartist)

Adjective

Chartist (not comparable)

1. (historical) Relating to Chartism.
   • 1888, William Morris, Signs of Change […] ‎, London: Reeves and Turner, page 102:

     As to the Chartist agitation, there is this to be said of it, that it was thoroughly a working-class movement, and it was caused by the simplest and most powerful of all causes—hunger.

Translations

relating to Chartism

French: chartiste (fr) Italian: cartista Polish: czartystowski

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