Cameroon
nounEtymology Alteration of Cameron, influenced by -oon.
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Government, Politics UK A Conservative Party member with green or social liberal leanings, supporting the policies of David Cameron.
- He fears that in downplaying traditional Conservative causes, in changing the party to be more in tune with modern Britain, the Cameroons have in effect accepted that they won't change the country much in office.2007 March 21, Andy Beckett, “The Cameroons”, in The Guardian:
- Today, I spy a coalition outrider: Nick Boles, MP for Grantham, founder of Policy Exchange and the archetypal Cameroon ultra-modernizer. I don’t think Boles even owned a tie until he was elected to the House of Commons. That’s how much of a Cameroon the man is.2010 September 13, Iain Martin, “Nick Boles: The Coalition’s Cameroon Outrider”, in Wall Street Journal:
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- Maude was a moderniser before modernity dawned in the Tory ranks, a Cameroon before David Cameron.2012 March 30, James Chapman, “Gorgeous George and why Ed Miliband must now pray Ken Livingstone wins London”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 19 May 2012:
- Mr Cameron won significantly smaller vote shares than either Theresa May or Boris Johnson. There are not many Cameroons in Britain. Outside some newspaper op-ed pages, there never were.2023 November 13, Bagehot, “What David Cameron's return says about British politics”, in Economist:
- Related terms
- Blairite, Brownite, Thatcherite