noun
Meaning 1
An advocate of the emancipation of slaves
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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emancipationist
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noun
Meaning 2
a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abolitionist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist
Narrower terms: Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, Brown, John Brown, Douglass, Frederick Douglass, Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, Tappan, Arthur Tappan, Truth, Sojourner Truth, Tubman, Harriet Tubman, Weld, Theodore Dwight Weld
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Etymology
Etymology tree English emancipation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English emancipationist From emancipation + -ist.