Septembrist
(sɛpˈtɛmbrɪst)
[f. September + -ist.]
a. In Portugal, a supporter of the (successful) insurrection of September 1836 in favour of the restoration of the constitution of 1822. b. = Septembrizer.
| 1840 New Monthly Mag. LIX. 439 Many individuals of importance..have joined the now dominant party, of the Septembrists [in Portugal]. 1844 Fraser's Mag. XXX. 320 Ho! St. Antoine, arouse thee now—ho! brave Septembrists all. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 553 (art. Portugal) It was now [1845] the turn of the radicals or Septembrists to have recourse to arms. |
So Sepˈtemb(e)rism, the action or policy of the Septembrizers.
| 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. iii. ix, A Citoyen Henriot, one whom some accuse of Septemberism, is made Generalissimo of the National Guard. |