abolitionist
pronunciation
How to pronounce abolitionist in British English:
UK [ˌæbəˈlɪʃənɪst]
How to pronounce abolitionist in American English:
US [ ˌæbəˈlɪʃənɪst]
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- Noun:
- a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
Word Origin
- abolitionist (n.)
- 1792, originally in reference to the slave trade, from abolition + -ist. In Britain, applied 20c. to advocates of ending capital punishment.
Example
- 1. The new justice minister , for one , is an abolitionist and has signed no death warrants .
- 2. One of the pioneers of a radical new way of thinking about the kitchen was catharine esther beecher , sister of harriet beecher stowe , the abolitionist .
- 3. Though none was an out-and-out abolitionist , they were still closely concerned with the outcome of the struggle .
- 4. The northern states had industrialized , ending the need for slaves and helping to boost the growing abolitionist movement in northern cities .
- 5. Within the text itself , the reader finds insights into the mind of a christian , feminist abolitionist .