All 3 Uses of
faction
in
Bleak House
- "Even," proceeds Sir Leicester, glancing at the circumjacent cousins on sofas and ottomans, "even in many—in fact, in most—of those places in which the government has carried it against a faction—"†
Chpt 40-42 *
- Note, by the way, that the Coodleites are always a faction with the Doodleites, and that the Doodleites occupy exactly the same position towards the Coodleites.†
Chpt 40-42
- Sir Leicester is whipped in to the rescue of the Doodle Party and the discomfiture of the Coodle Faction.†
Chpt 46-48
Definition:
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(faction) a sub-group with some interests not shared by the entire group