Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A member of a faction or a promoter of a faction.

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  • noun One who promotes faction.

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  • noun One who promotes strife or discord.

Etymologies

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faction +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • One illustrates how quickly Balls turned into a Brown factionist.

    Balls' ambition 2009

  • Not a partisan, not a factionist, not a stirrer up of strife among the brethren, not a division-marker, a man of peace, probably no man has a larger and more loyal following among the Negro Baptists of America than he has.

    Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D., ("The Black Spurgeon.") Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City 1902

  • When the Fronde broke out, that ardent factionist rushed once more to

    Political Women, Vol. 2 (of 2) Sutherland Menzies 1861

  • Demosthenes a mere ambitious factionist, governed in his opposition to

    "The Great Power of Literary Men," Speech of David M. Lees, [September 1828] 1828

  • This family was never really brought low except by Henri IV.; a factionist himself, trained in the great school of which Catherine and the Guises were masters, -- by whose lessons he had profited but too well.

    Catherine De Medici Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • Had it not been for the continual sacrifices which by that time made war intolerable to the corporations, who were weary of their losses and of the famine, Henri IV., that factionist who became king, might never perhaps have entered Paris.

    Catherine De Medici Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • Though late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was a popular political leader and chief minister who died in the most unfortunate circumstances, it must also not be forgotten that he and his family had the factionist label attached to them.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The four contestants seeking the hand of the heroine include a factionist, a chess Grandmaster, a realtor and the hero.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • Bindaas is the story of a nice-at-heart, prank-playing, fun-loving, misunderstood guy, Ajay (Manoj) who belongs to a factionist family in Rayalseema.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The four contestants seeking the hand of the heroine include a factionist, a chess Grandmaster, a realtor and the hero.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

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