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noun
The policies of U.S. president John Tyler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
The practice of abandoning the political party to which political office is owed, defecting while in office, committing political apostasy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The Reformed theology of Bennet Tyler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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History
From Tyler + -ism. The abandoning-political-party sense came from John Tyler who is said to have done this after William Henry Harrison died in office.
