Synonyms for abolitionist
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ab-uh-lish-uh-nist |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌæb əˈlɪʃ ə nɪst |
Définition of abolitionist
Origin :- 1795, from abolition + -ist. In Britain, applied 20c. to advocates of ending capital punishment.
- noun person wanting something ended
- The abolitionist charges the slave-holder with being a man-stealer.
- Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
- An abolitionist was something to despise, to stone out of the community.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- Because of her reputation as an abolitionist, she had much resistance to overcome in the South.
- Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz
- I saw her coming out of that abolitionist meeting yesterday.
- Extract from : « Pirate Gold » by Frederic Jesup Stimson
- Some of them he knew, and they took Jamie for an Abolitionist, but Jamie hardly knew what it was all about.
- Extract from : « Pirate Gold » by Frederic Jesup Stimson
- The Abolitionist papers were at first sent all over the South.
- Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
- Georgiana, my dear, you are an abolitionist,—your talk is fanaticism!
- Extract from : « Clotelle » by William Wells Brown
- The book has been written neither to aid the Abolitionist nor glorify the planter.
- Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid
- Mr. Toombs was actually charged in this campaign with being an Abolitionist.
- Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
- Why, there is not such an Abolitionist in the nation as Douglas, after all!
- Extract from : « The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Four » by Abraham Lincoln
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