Venizelist

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From the name of Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936), Greek politician.

Venizelist (comparative more Venizelist, superlative most Venizelist)

(now historical) Pertaining to or supportive of Venizelos or his policies.
- 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 229:
  Four Venizelist republicans listened to Hector and wondered bitterly how it was that all the bands had somehow ended up with a committee of three leaders who were Communist and were against Britain, the only country that had ever tried to help them since the war began.
- 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 213:
  But the events of that Friday became the signal for a rampage throughout the city against anyone and everyone suspected of Venizelist sympathies.

Venizelist (plural Venizelists)

(now historical) A supporter or adherent of Eleftherios Venizelos or his political policies.