home rule
English
Alternative forms
- Home Rule (primarily in reference to Irish self-government)
Noun
- The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.
- (historical, especially) Self-government of the island of Ireland.
- Ellipsis of home rule class.
Translations
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Further reading
Home rule on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Irish Home Rule movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- “home rule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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