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partitionists

partitionists is the plural of partitionist.

Meaning of partitionist

Noun

partitionist (plural partitionists)

  1. A political partisan who favours geopolitical partitioning.
    • That such antics were really a disguising tactic meant to mask the fact that ministers de Brun and McGuinness are operating a partitionist Stormont government with British civil servants may fool some of the more gullible Shinners, but few were around the north Down and east Belfast fortresses of...1999, Fortnight, numbers 376-390, page 25
  2. (Canada) 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.

Questions about partitionists

What is partitionists the plural of?
Partitionists is the plural of partitionist.

Words near partitionists in the dictionary

  1. partitioning cellular automaton
  2. partitioning cellular automatons
  3. partitionings
  4. partitionism
  5. partitionist
  6. partitionists
  7. partitionless
  8. partitionment
  9. partitionments
  10. partitions
  11. partitions of unity

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