Secessionist

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Secessionist \Se*ces"sion*ist\, n.
     1. One who upholds secession.
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     2. (U.S. Hist.) One who holds to the belief that a State has
        the right to separate from the Union at its will.


        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  secessionist
       n : an advocate of secessionism

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "secessionist":
     abjuratory, apostate, backslider, bolter, breakaway,
     collaborationist, collaborator, convert, defector, deserter,
     fifth columnist, mugwump, mugwumpian, mugwumpish, proselyte,
     quisling, recidivist, recreant, renegade, renegado, renegate,
     renunciative, renunciatory, repudiative, repudiatory, reversionist,
     revocatory, runagate, schismatic, seceder, separatist,
     strikebreaker, tergiversant, tergiversator, traitor, turnabout,
     turncoat, turntail