Brexiteer

//ˌbɹɛksɪˈtɪə(ɹ)// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

    "After Ken Clarke's "Charge of Light Brigade" hit on Brexiteers in @Daily_Telegraph, Defra SoS likened to Lord Raglan in #CAP reform debate"

  2. 2
    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. UK

    "Completing the Three Brexiteers is Boris Johnson, the UK's new Foreign Secretary."

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brexiterbrexiterleaverleaverouter

Example

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"Tom is a Brexiteer, unlike his wife, Mary, who is a Remoaner."

Etymology

From Brexit + -eer, playing on musketeer and the novel The Three Musketeers.

Related phrases

european unionunited kingdom

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