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Brexiteer

noun
/ˌbɹɛksɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/UK/ˌbɹɛksɪˈtiɹ/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Βρεττανός (Brettanós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Ancient Greek Βρεττανία (Brettanía)bor. Latin Britannia Anglo-Norman Britainebor. Middle English Britayne English Britain Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Italic *ejō Proto-Italic *eō Latin eō Latin exeō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin exitusder. Middle English exit English exit blend English Brexit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English Brexiteer From Brexit + -eer, playing on musketeer and the novel The Three Musketeers.

  1. derived from exitus — “departure, going out; way by which one may go out, egress; (figuratively) conclusion, termination; (figuratively) death; income, revenue”
  2. inherited from exit
  3. compounded as brexit — “Britain + exit”
  4. suffixed as brexiteer — “Brexit + eer”

Definitions

  1. Someone who supports Brexit, the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.

    • After Ken Clarke's "Charge of Light Brigade" hit on Brexiteers in @Daily_Telegraph, Defra SoS likened to Lord Raglan in #CAP reform debate
    • Whether you are a Europhile or a Brexiteer, it’s hard to see what’s not to like about a market-driven initiative that aims to pull down barriers to more investment across Europe.

  2. Usually in plural

    Usually in plural: a holder of any of the posts in the British Cabinet tasked with negotiating the country's exit from the European Union.

    • Completing the Three Brexiteers is Boris Johnson, the UK's new Foreign Secretary.
    • She [British Prime Minister Theresa May] urges people to get behind the team of ministers working for Brexit: David Davis, Liam Fox, Priti Patel and Boris Johnson. (It seems Patel has now been co-opted as a fourth Brexiteer.)

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA