Brexiteer

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Brexiteer

/ˌbɹɛksɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/ UK
/ˌbɹɛɡzɪ-/ UK
/ˌbɹɛksɪˈtiɹ/ US
/ˌbɹɛɡzɪ-/ US

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From Brexit + -eer, playing on musketeer and the novel The Three Musketeers.

noun Brexiteers

UK Someone who supports Brexit, the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union. After Ken Clarke's "Charge of Light Brigade" hit on Brexiteers in @Daily_Telegraph, Defra SoS likened to Lord Raglan in #CAP reform debate
Similar: Brexiter, leaver, Leaver, outer · Opposite: Bremainer, Remainer, Remainiac, Remoaner
UK Usually in plural: a holder of any of the posts in the British Cabinet tasked with negotiating the country's exit from the European Union. Completing the Three Brexiteers is Boris Johnson, the UK's new Foreign Secretary.

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noun someone who supports Brexit

Deutsch	Brexitbefürworter, Brexitbefürworterin, Brexiteer, Brexiteerin

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@misc{brexiteer_2026,
  title = {Brexiteer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brexiteer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}