Meanings
comparative more Venizelist · superlative most Venizelist
- historicalPertaining to or supportive of Eleftherios Venizelos or his political policies.
But the events of that Friday became the signal for a rampage throughout the city against anyone and everyone suspected of Venizelist sympathies.
2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 2131 more example
Four Venizelist republicans listened to Hector and wondered bitterly how it was that all the bands had somehow ended up with a committee of three leaders who were Communist and were against Britain, the only country that had ever tried to help them since the war began.
1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 229
plural Venizelists
- historicalA supporter or adherent of Eleftherios Venizelos or his political policies.
Origin
From the name of Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936), Greek politician.
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