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Peelite

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Etymology

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From Peel +‎ -ite, after Sir Robert Peel.

Noun

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Peelite (plural Peelites)

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  1. (UK politics, historical) One of a breakaway faction of the British Conservative Party in the nineteenth century, characterised by a commitment to free trade and a managerial, almost technocratic, approach to government.