Obs. exc. Hist. [f. as prec. + -ER1.] One who upholds exclusion; spec. a supporter of the ‘Exclusion Bill’ (see EXCLUSION 1 b).
1685. Lond. Gaz., No. 2019/3. Other Disaffected Exclusioners.
a. 1734. North, Exam., II. v. (1740), 321. How rampant these Procurators of Power, the Exclusioners, were under such Circumstances.
1771. Goldsm., Hist. Eng., III. 439. The court … were willing to draw up a libel, which should be imputed to the exclusioners, and thus render them hateful to the people.
