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单词 abolitionist
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abolitionist

(æbəlɪʃənɪst)
Word forms: plural abolitionists
countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
An abolitionist is someone who campaigns for the abolition of a particular system or practice.
By 1838, the abolitionists had shamed parliament into ending slavery in British colonies.
There is no need to abandon the abolitionist principles as such.

abolitionist in American English

(ˌæbəlɪʃɪst)
noun
1. 
a person in favor of abolishing some law, custom, etc.
2.  [occas. A-]
one who favored the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
Derived forms
abolitionism (ˌaboˈlitionˌism)
noun

Examples of 'abolitionist' in a sentence
abolitionist

There is a vast literature on the abolitionist movement.
Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995)
Everyone in the abolitionist movement was absolutely stunned by this.
Christianity Today (2000)
Also contains a detailed treatment of the abolitionist movement.
Sanderson, Stephen K. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (1995)
By the end of the 1830s, the abolitionist movement was under great stress.
Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995)
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