federast

plural federasts

1. derogatoryA federalist, especially in the EU.

   I enjoyed the company of Jacques Delors, later to become a demon federast in the eyes of the Tory Right, rather more.

   1999, George Walden, Lucky George: Memoirs of an Anti-politician, page 164

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   ... while chuckling over Lady Thatcher's reference to "federast Tory MEPS" and her reluctance to campaign for them last time round, in 1989.

   1994, The Economist, page 62

   ... as stubborn and jingoistic for defending British sovereignty in Ulster, not giving in to the IRA hunger strike and for rejecting Federast Europe

   2000 January 31, “Blame Britain first”, in Washington Times

   As the poison has gone out of the European wound, the Conservative Party should now be able to tolerate a Federast leader.

   2005 June 20, Bruce Anderson, “Ken Clarke may appeal to Middle England - but he is...”, in Independent