Cardwellian

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adjective

Of or relating to Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell (1813–1886), British politician who introduced the Cardwell Reforms.

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Meanings

adjectiveCardwellian (comparative more Cardwellian, superlative most Cardwellian)

comparative more Cardwellian · superlative most Cardwellian

  1. Of or relating to Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell (1813–1886), British politician who introduced the Cardwell Reforms.

    Practically speaking, the defence of England and the maintenance of our hold on India were the only points to which the Cardwellian system looked.

    1903, Leopold Stennett Amery, The Problem of the Army, page 14

Origin

From Cardwell + -ian.

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Cardwellian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cardwellian

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