单词 | whipless |
释义 | ˈwhipless, a. [-less.] Of a Member of Parliament: having resigned, or having been deprived of, the whip.
1962Guardian 13 Dec. 2/3 Mr Emrys Hughes, the ‘whipless’ Labour member for South Ayrshire. 1967R. Butt Power of Parliament xii. 317 Opinions varied as to how far the ‘Whipless’ MPs suffered from social or other pressures from the parties they had deserted during their period in isolation. 1976Times 23 Feb. 13/2 A small and whipless group of independent Labour MPs. |

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