emancipationistn.
/ɪˌmansɪˈpeɪʃənɪst/ An advocate for the setting free of slaves, and the abolition of slavery. Also, an advocate of the emancipation of any class from legal disabilities or the like. (First applied to the advocates of ‘Catholic Emancipation’: see emancipation n. 2a.)
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [noun] > zeal for > advocate of
liberty boy1767
libertarian1796
emancipationist1822
libertist1826
1822 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1850) V. 112 The Emancipationists..and the Dissenters will not be pleased.
1828 Q. Rev. 38 557 To this point the emancipationists have..brought their vessel.
1859 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem II. xcviii. 87 Now is the time for the Emancipationists..to be up and doing.
1882 T. Mozley Reminisc. Oriel I. iv The..son of the great emancipationist [Wilberforce].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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n.1822- antagonisms
- antagonist
- antagonistic
- antagonistic symbiosis
- antagonistical
- antagonistically
- antagonists
- antagonization
- antagonizations
- antagonize
- antagonized
- antagonizer
- antagonizers
- antagonizes
- antagonizing
- antagony
- antal
- antalgic
- antalgics
- antalkali
- antalkalies
- antalkaline
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- antalphabetic
- antambulacral