— Chartist , n. , adj.
/chahr"tiz euhm/ , n.
the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
[ 1830-40; CHART charter (now obs.) + -ISM; r. Charterism; see CHARTER ]