- potwaller
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potwaller — noun see potwalloper … Useful english dictionary
potwalloper — /pot wol euh peuhr, pot wol /, n. Eng. Hist. (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots. Also, pot walloper.… … Universalium
Potwalloper — A potwalloper (sometimes potwalloner or potwaller) is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act created a uniform suffrage. (Several potwalloper… … Wikipedia
Baltimore (Parliament of Ireland constituency) — Parliament of Ireland former constituency infobox Name = Baltimore Type = Borough Year = 1614 Post Union = DisfranchisedBaltimore (also known as Baltimore Borough) was a potwalloper constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 … Wikipedia
Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918 — The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885 1918 was the result of centuries of development in different kinds of constituencies. The three Reform Acts of the nineteenth century brought about some order by amending franchises in a… … Wikipedia
pot-walloper — [pät′wäl΄əp ər] n. 〚altered (infl. by wallop, to boil) < potwaller, lit., a pot boiler /span> POT1 + obs. wall, to boil < ME wallen < OE weallan < IE base * wel , to turn, roll > WALK〛 … Universalium
pot-walloper — [pät′wäl΄əp ər] n. [altered (infl. by wallop, to boil) < potwaller, lit., a pot boiler < POT1 + obs. wall, to boil < ME wallen < OE weallan < IE base * wel , to turn, roll > WALK] Eng. History a man considered a householder by… … English World dictionary
