Land League \Land League\
In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other,
organized, with Charles Stewart Parnell as president, in 1879
with a view to the reduction of farm rents and a
reconstruction of the land laws. -- Land"*lea`guer, n. --
Land"*lea`guism, n.
The Land League, of which Machael Davitt was the
founder, originated in Mayo in August, and at a Dublin
in October the organization was extended to all
Ireland, with Parnell as president. --Encyc. Brit.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |