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Etymology

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Cardwell +‎ -ian

Adjective

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Cardwellian (comparative more Cardwellian, superlative most Cardwellian)

  1. Of or relating to Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell (1813–1886), British politician who introduced the Cardwell Reforms.
    • 1903, Leopold Stennett Amery, The Problem of the Army, page 14:
      Practically speaking, the defence of England and the maintenance of our hold on India were the only points to which the Cardwellian system looked.