abolitionist
IPA: æbʌɫˈɪʃʌnʌst
noun
- A person who favors the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
- (historical, US) A person who favored or advocated the abolition of slavery.
adjective
- (historical) In favor of the abolition of slavery.
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Examples of "abolitionist" in Sentences
- This was the second abolitionist society in the country.
- The abolitionist movement is our most important forebear.
- The party was an early advocate of the abolitionist cause.
- One modern group that is hedonistic is the Abolitionist Society.
- Citizens in the city were active within the abolitionist movement.
- Leavitt was the editor 'The Evangelist' and an ardent abolitionist.
- In 1853 Park started the abolitionist newspaper Industrial Luminary.
- Another issue concerned the role of women in the abolitionist movement.
- The Abolitionist Party nominated candidates in the 1993 federal election.
- Hull writes and reviews for Abolitionist Online and The Compulsive Reader.