Definition of Prohibitionist in English:
Prohibitionist
nounprəʊhɪˈbɪʃ(ə)nɪstˌproʊ(h)əˈbɪʃ(ə)nəst
See prohibition
Example sentencesExamples
- These laws were justified by an unholy alliance of liquor wholesalers, bricks-and-mortar retailers, and Prohibitionists as being necessary to keep booze out of the hands of minors.
- Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign effect: they have completely disposed of all the favorite arguments of the Prohibitionists.
- Finally, the most ardent Prohibitionists are starting to suffer for their zealotry.
- ‘Mother’ was an unyielding moralist, a militant Prohibitionist, a staunch defender of the Sunday blue laws, and a devoted churchgoer opposed to the theory of evolution, to Italian opera, and to nude statues.
- It almost makes one think that the Prohibitionists had it right.
Definition of Prohibitionist in US English:
Prohibitionist
nounˌproʊ(h)əˈbɪʃ(ə)nəstˌprō(h)əˈbiSH(ə)nəst
See prohibition
Example sentencesExamples
- These laws were justified by an unholy alliance of liquor wholesalers, bricks-and-mortar retailers, and Prohibitionists as being necessary to keep booze out of the hands of minors.
- ‘Mother’ was an unyielding moralist, a militant Prohibitionist, a staunch defender of the Sunday blue laws, and a devoted churchgoer opposed to the theory of evolution, to Italian opera, and to nude statues.
- Finally, the most ardent Prohibitionists are starting to suffer for their zealotry.
- Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign effect: they have completely disposed of all the favorite arguments of the Prohibitionists.
- It almost makes one think that the Prohibitionists had it right.