noun
Meaning 1
A political partisan who favours geopolitical partitioning.
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partitionist
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noun
Meaning 2
A political partisan who favours the partition of the province of Quebec with the western, southern portions and Montreal forming a separate province or country from the rest of Quebec.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 3
an advocate of partitioning a country
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
History
Etymology
From partition + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: partitionniste — partisan who favours the partition of the province of Quebec