Lib-Dem, n. Brit. Polit.
Brit. /ˌlɪbˈdɛm/, U.S. /ˈlɪbˈdɛm/
[Shortened > adj. and n. Additions Compare earlier Lib n.3, Lib-Lab adj.]
= Liberal Democrat n. at liberal adj. and n. Additions
| 1989 Times 17 Oct. 10/8 The new party wants Liberal Democrats to be used as the popular title and in spoken reporting, with Lib Dem as the accepted abbreviation. 1995 Guardian 23 Sept. (Outlook) 24/2 Labour's outlook is statist, centralist, not unlike the Tories, where the Lib Dems' is instinctively federalist, devolutionary. 2001 K. Sampson Outlaws (2002) 30 The guy's been a breath of fresh air for Liverpool since the Lib-Dems got in, and this man has helped green-light some of the most imaginative and progressive regeneration schemes in town. |