unionist
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Those included allegedly using his office to enrich himself and wiretapping political opponents, including priests, trade unionists and diplomats. — Tracy Wilkinson, latimes.com, "Former Panama president extradited from U.S. to face corruption charges," 11 June 2018 Would a diehard Brexiteer prime minister risk yet another election, in a bid to win enough seats to ditch the unionists? — The Economist, "Britain is heading for a soft Brexit," 16 June 2018 Northern Ireland's peace deal largely ended three decades of violence between Irish nationalists who wanted the region to join the Republic of Ireland and pro-British unionists who wanted it to remain British. — NBC News, "Explosive thrown at house of former Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams," 14 July 2018 Yet the government’s reliance on unionist votes makes this tail hard to ignore. — The Economist, "Britain is heading for a soft Brexit," 16 June 2018 Italy’s interior minister, Matteo Salvini, did not utter a word of condemnation of the murder of Soumaila Sacko, a 29-year-old Malian trade unionist, on June 2nd. — The Economist, "Italy’s new government wants to deport 500,000 people," 7 June 2018 These councils allow nationalists and unionists to ensure connections to Ireland and the U.K., respectively. — Washington Post, "How Brexit could kill Northern Ireland’s peace accords," 20 Apr. 2018 Most people continue to live, go to school, and socialize with those of their same religion and/or national allegiance: Protestant unionists and Catholic nationalists remain a people largely apart. — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, "Irish hopes may be stopped at the border," 8 Apr. 2018 Most unionists support it, for exactly the same reason. — The Economist, "A little more conversationNorthern Ireland notches up a year without a government," 23 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unionist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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unionist
noun
English Language Learners Definition of unionist
: someone who supports labor unions
Unionist : a supporter of the Union (sense 4b) during the American Civil War
Unionist : a person who believes that Northern Ireland should remain a part of the United Kingdom
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