Meanings of reactionary party in English

Decidedly, he ought to have sold himself to the reactionary party.

This was the last card of the reactionary party.

But terrible tragedy lay hidden behind this grinning through a horse-collar of the reactionary party.

As a last resort, the Emperor turned once more to the reactionary party for help.

The leaders of this reactionary party were very eloquent men-theEarl of Derby, and Benjamin Disraeli.

But there was no longer a reactionary party scheming for a return to the Ancient City.

In spite of his eighty years, he seems to be, to-day, the leader of the reactionary party.

This letter was regarded as a brilliant victory, due to the firm demeanour of the reactionary party.

He was preferred a thousand times to Cavaignac, and the whole reactionary party had voted for him.

But nothing could allay the agitation, and in May the reactionary party, now frankly royalist, caused serious riots in the south.

They did so, and the bluster of the reactionary party grew louder as they marked the apparent discomfiture of their foes.

The reactionary party in Bavaria has, in some of the provinces, a strong majority; and its supporters and newspapers are belligerent and aggressive.

They each resolved to go and rouse their friends, and appoint a meeting at the cart-shed, the secret arsenal of the reactionary party.

It was abolished thirty years ago, and, in spite of the strenuous efforts of the reactionary party, it is not likely to be re-established.

Dislike of Labour ("what a reactionary party it still is") remains strong and Lib Dem attitudes towards both bigger parties are coolly pragmatic.

Nevertheless, the contest between the progressive and reactionary parties was not inactive.