[Ads-l] Antedating of "Socialist" (Adjective)

[Shapiro, Fred]

socialist, adj. (OED 1837)

1824 William Owen _Diary_ 21 Nov. in _Indiana Historical Society Publications_ 4 (no. 1) 32  Mr. Loyd after dinner returned to the Mansion House with us and we read to him the proposals for a socialist community.

Fred Shapiro

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