fitzwilliamite

Etymology

From Fitzwilliam + -ite.

fitzwilliamite means A supporter of whig leader William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, especially his views on the need for parliamentary reform and Catholic emancipation. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.

noun

A supporter of whig leader William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, especially his views on the need for parliamentary reform and Catholic emancipation.“There are Canningites, and Burdettites, and Fitzwilliamites, who tell us that Protestantism and Roman Catholicism absolutely mean the same thing; or, that the things, by dint of looking tenderly upon each other, have grown into perfect likenesses.”