Member of an English court party in the reign of Charles II who `abhorred` the opposition to the royal prerogative shown by the rival party, the Petitioners, led by Lord Shaftesbury. The former... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
noun a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974