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vaccinationist

vaccinationist noun: a person who supports vaccination.

Noun

vaccinationist (plural vaccinationists)

  1. (dated, uncommon) A person who supports vaccination.
    • What, then, must they think of the law which requires that a like foul virus shall be perforce injected into their own veins, to befoul the whole current of their blood and to introduce all manner of diseases? “But care is taken to have the lymph fresh and pure from the heifer,” say the...1882 February, Henry Bergh, “The Lancet and the Law”, in The North American Review, volume 134, number 303, page 166
    • That smallpox could ravage London in the mid-nineteenth century, despite the existence of a new medical measure to prevent it, was a source of great frustration to the vaccinationists. In 1840 the epidemiologist William Farr railed against the fact that five children a day were dying of smallpox in...2013, John Rhodes, “The Teeming Humanity of Nations”, in The End of Plagues: The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease, New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 59

Examples of vaccinationist in a sentence

  • “But care is taken to have the lymph fresh and pure from the heifer,” say the vaccinationists.1882 February, Henry Bergh, “The Lancet and the Law”, in The North American Review, volume 134, number 303, page 166:
  • That smallpox could ravage London in the mid-nineteenth century, despite the existence of a new medical measure to prevent it, was a source of great frustration to the vaccinationists.2013, John Rhodes, “The Teeming Humanity of Nations”, in The End of Plagues: The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease, New York, NY...

Synonyms of vaccinationist

Antonyms

Forms of vaccinationist

pluralvaccinationists

Origin of vaccinationist

From vaccination + -ist.

Questions about vaccinationist

What does vaccinationist mean?
Vaccinationist means a person who supports vaccination.
How do you use vaccinationist in a sentence?
“But care is taken to have the lymph fresh and pure from the heifer,” say the vaccinationists.
What part of speech is vaccinationist?
Vaccinationist is a noun.
What is the plural of vaccinationist?
The plural of vaccinationist is vaccinationists.

Words near vaccinationist in the dictionary

  1. vaccinating
  2. vaccination
  3. vaccination mark
  4. vaccination marks
  5. vaccinationism
  6. vaccinationist
  7. vaccinationists
  8. vaccinationlike
  9. vaccinations
  10. vaccinator
  11. vaccinators

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