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antislavist

antislavist noun: an opponent of slavery, an abolitionist.

Noun

antislavist (plural antislavists)

  1. (historical) An opponent of slavery, an abolitionist.
    • The term "anti-slavist", used by Jeremy Bentham, never gained wide currency.[1999, David Brion Davis, The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823
    • Both the English antislavist Thomas Clarkson and the French antislavist Abbé Henri Grégoire, to whom he had revealed his plans to return, advised him strongly to desist.2014, Shelby T. McCloy, The Negro in the French West Indies, page 74
    Antonyms:
    proslavist

Antonyms of antislavist

Forms of antislavist

pluralantislavists
alternative formanti-slavist

Questions about antislavist

What does antislavist mean?
Antislavist means an opponent of slavery, an abolitionist.
What part of speech is antislavist?
Antislavist is a noun.
What is the plural of antislavist?
The plural of antislavist is antislavists.

Words near antislavist in the dictionary

  1. antislavers
  2. antislavery
  3. antislaveryism
  4. antislavic
  5. antislavism
  6. antislavist
  7. antislavists
  8. antisleep
  9. antislepton
  10. antisleptons
  11. antislime

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