Primrose League

(definition) by Webster 1913 Sat May 07 2005 at 2:10:04

Prim"rose` League. (Eng. Politics)

A league of both sexes among the Conservatives, founded in 1883. So called because primrose was (erroneously, it is said) taken to be the favorite flower of the Conservative statesman Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield.

 

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