Charterist, noun and & adjective

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EnglishShow more Charter + English suffix -ist designating a follower or adherent of (a philosophy).
A. noun One who supports the principles of the Freedom Charter (sense 1); especially, a member of the African National Congress. See also UDF noun2.
1958 A. Sampson Treason Cage 112The Charterists — as the Congress leaders were now called — eventually won the day, and the Freedom Charter was officially adopted by Congress at Easter, 1956.
1986 Sunday Star 8 June (Review) 18The Charterists believe the struggle is a popular movement for all races.
1989 Sunday Tribune 17 Dec. 6Between the Africanists and the Charterists (those who adhere to the ANC’s Freedom Charter) lies a wide chasm.
1990 Sunday Times 28 Oct. 26The foment inside the ANC did not stop there. The main issue was the differences between liberals (called Charterists after the Freedom Charter was adopted in 1955) and Africanists.
1991 G. Mokae in Frontline May 17One could go on and on..annotating incidents where ‘liberal’ universities..are guilty of complicity in stalinistic censorship against non-Charterists.
B. adjective Of or pertaining to supporters of the Freedom Charter (sense 1).
1986 Sunday Star 8 June (Review) 18The ANC in exile was galvanised into action because it had largely been on the sidelines in 1976 and 1977. It then supported the rise of new Charterist popular fronts in the country.
1987 ‘A. Amaphixiphixi’ in Frontline Oct. 21It is an accepted fact that funding..goes only to those with charterist leanings.
1989 C. Perkins in Sunday Times 20 Aug. 2It is the first time that different ideological camps — black consciousness and those following the ‘charterist’ tradition — have set aside their hostilities.
1990 T. Sebusi in Frontline Dec. 22These basics cut across ideological boundaries, engendering..a ‘sophisticated’ analysis from the Charterist aligned youths.
One who supports the principles of the Freedom Charter (sense 1); especially, a member of the African National Congress.
Of or pertaining to supporters of the Freedom Charter (sense 1).
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