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pro-slavist

pro-slavist noun: a supporter of slavery in the United States.

Noun

pro-slavist (plural pro-slavists)

  1. (US, historical) A supporter of slavery in the United States.
    • Among the signers was John Rice Jones, a consistent pro-slavist[…]1890, W. A. Burt Jones, “Jones, John Rice”, in Chicago Historical Society's Collection, volume 4, page 239
    • […]and the other was Clement Vallandigham, of Ohio, then a hated pro-slavist and afterwards a noted opponent of the war to preserve the Union.1921, S. K. Donovan, “John Brown at Harper's Ferry and Charlestown”, in Ohio Archæological and Historical Quarterly, page 322

Antonyms of pro-slavist

Forms of pro-slavist

pluralpro-slavists
alternative formproslavist

Questions about pro-slavist

What does pro-slavist mean?
Pro-slavist means a supporter of slavery in the United States.
What part of speech is pro-slavist?
Pro-slavist is a noun.
What is the plural of pro-slavist?
The plural of pro-slavist is pro-slavists.

Words near pro-slavist in the dictionary

  1. pro-shippers
  2. pro-shitter
  3. pro-shitters
  4. pro-skub
  5. pro-Slavic
  6. pro-slavist
  7. pro-slavists
  8. pro-state
  9. pro-sumti
  10. pro-Sunni
  11. pro-syllogism

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