Aldermaston
(ˈɔːldəmɑːstən)
The name of a village in Berkshire, site of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, used attrib. and ellipt. of demonstrations and protest marches by ‘anti-bomb’ demonstrators, as Aldermaston march, Aldermaston marcher.
| 1958 Observer 2 Nov. 6/1 There are plenty of Aldermaston badges, with their semaphore symbol of ND—nuclear disarmament. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Nov. 689/4, I am not a Communist, a pacifist or an Aldermaston marcher. 1960 New Left Rev. Nov.–Dec. 5/2 Next year's Aldermaston will really be a fighting Aldermaston. 1962 Guardian 19 Oct. 3/2 Neutralist and pacifist movements abroad..call their marches ‘Aldermastons’. |