Liberal Unionists
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Those Liberals who united, in 1886, with Lord Salisbury and the Conservative party to oppose Home Rule for
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Liberal Unionists” mean?
Those Liberals who united, in 1886, with Lord Salisbury and the Conservative party to oppose Home Rule for
Is “Liberal Unionists” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.