Antedating of "Populist"

[Fred Shapiro]

populist (OED Oct. 1892)

1892 _N.Y. Times_ 13 June 9 (ProQuest)  The prospects for a fusion between
the Democrats and the Populists are fast vanishing.

Fred Shapiro



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