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federast (複数形 federasts)

1. (derogatory) A federalist, especially in the EU.
   • 1994, The Economist, page 62:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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