Antedating of "Leftist"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Fri Feb 8 02:20:59 UTC 2013


leftist (OED 1924)

1901 _Political Science Quarterly_ 16: 386 (JSTOR)  ITALY. ... The new Cabinet, as formed by Signor Zanardelli, through a combination with Signor Giolitti, was predominantly Leftist, although a few members of the Centre and Right held office, and among them two survivors of the former Ministry.

Fred Shapiro

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