vetoist

Etymology

From veto + -ist.

vetoist means one who uses, or supports the use of, the veto, especially in relation to the appointment of Catholic bishops in Ireland in the 19th century. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

One who uses, or supports the use of, the veto, especially in relation to the appointment of Catholic bishops in Ireland in the 19th century.“I afterwards proceeded to shew, that both vetoists and anti-vetoists, by uniting to press, as a sine qua non, the necessity of emancipation on the mind of his Holiness, were forcing him to a decision, which at the present moment, for the reasons I then assigned, was pregnant with danger.”