The Collaborative International Dictionary
Primrose League \Prim"rose` League\ (Eng. Politics) A league of both sexes among the Conservatives, founded in 1883. So called because primrose was (erroneously, it is said) taken to be the favorite flower of the Conservative statesman Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield.
Wikipedia
The Primrose League was an organisation for spreading Conservative principles in Great Britain. It was founded in 1883.
At a late point in its existence, its declared aims (published in the Primrose League Gazette, vol.83, no.2, March/April 1979) were:
- To Uphold and support God, Queen, and Country, and the Conservative cause;
- To provide an effective voice to represent the interests of our members and to bring the experience of the Leaders to bear on the conduct of public affairs for the common good;
- To encourage and help our members to improve their professional competence as leaders;
- To fight for free enterprise.
Usage examples of "primrose league".
There was a Primrose League Fete that afternoon held in the grounds of the local squire, and he went to it, indulging in the penny dip, guessing the weight of a pig, and shying at coconuts all with the same look of abstracted concentration on his face.
She joined the Primrose League and went to Conservative Party meetings.