(abolitionist)

  • 1aboliţionist — ABOLIŢIONÍST, Ă, aboliţionişti, ste, s.m. şi f. Adept al aboliţionismului. [pr.: ţi o ] – Din fr. abolitionniste. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  aboliţioníst, ă adj., s.m. f. (adept) al aboliţionismului. (< fr.… …

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  • 2Abolitionist — Ab o*li tion*ist, n. A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3abolitionist — (n.) 1795, from ABOLITION (Cf. abolition) + IST (Cf. ist). In Britain, applied 20c. to advocates of ending capital punishment …

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  • 4abolitionist — [n] person wanting something ended activist, advocate, opponent, revolutionary; concept 366 …

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  • 5abolitionist — ► NOUN ▪ a person who favours the abolition of something, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery. DERIVATIVES abolitionism noun …

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  • 6abolitionist — [ab΄ə lishist] n. 1. a person in favor of abolishing some law, custom, etc. 2. [occas.A ] one who favored the abolition of slavery in the U.S. abolitionism n …

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  • 7Abolitionist — Unter Abolitionismus (vom englischen abolition = Abschaffung, Aufhebung) versteht man eine Bewegung zur Abschaffung der Sklaverei. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geschichte des Abolitionismus 1.1 Vereinigtes Königreich 1.2 Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika… …

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  • 8abolitionist — [[t]æ̱bəlɪ̱ʃ(ə)nɪst[/t]] abolitionists N COUNT: oft N n An abolitionist is someone who campaigns for the abolition of a particular system or practice. By 1838, the abolitionists had shamed parliament into ending slavery in British colonies... As… …

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  • 9abolitionist — UK [ˌæbəˈlɪʃ(ə)nɪst] / US noun [countable] Word forms abolitionist : singular abolitionist plural abolitionists a) someone who supports the abolition of something b) someone who supported the abolition of slavery in the 19th century …

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  • 10abolitionist — adj. Abolitionist is used with these nouns: ↑movement …

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