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voluntaryist|ˈvɒləntərɪɪst|
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
One who advocates or upholds the voluntary system of support and control in religious or (latterly esp.) educational institutions.
Also, an advocate of voluntary military service. (Cf. voluntarist.)
1842E. Miall in Nonconf. II. 305 The proceedings of voluntaryists hitherto..have not been on a commanding scale. 1869Spectator 24 July 861 We are not Voluntaryists,..but his Grace of Canterbury's remarks seem to us thoroughly intolerant..in the head of a national Church. 1888T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster I. 311 A vigorous attack upon the voluntaryists,..showing how complete had been the failure of the voluntary system to meet the educational wants of the people.
attrib.1893Daily News 7 Apr. 3/5 At present parents of all children in School Board districts are contributors to the local rates, and voluntaryist parents receive nothing for what they contribute. |