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Definition: Abolitionist |
AbolitionistNoun1. A reformer who favors abolishing slavery. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abolitionist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
Synonym: AbolitionistSynonym: emancipationist (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abrogation | Retractation; recantation; (tergiversation); abolitionist. |
Government | Party; Democratic Party, Republican Party, Socialist Party, Communist Party; Federalist Party, Bull Moose Party, Abolitionist Party; Christian Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party; National Socialist Worker's Party, Nazi Party; Liberal Party, Labor Party, Conservative Party. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Abolitionist |
| English words defined with "abolitionist": Arthur Tappan ♦ brown ♦ Douglass ♦ Frederick Douglass ♦ garrison ♦ Harriet Tubman ♦ John Brown ♦ Sojourner Truth ♦ Tappan, Theodore Dwight Weld, truth, Tubman ♦ weld, William Lloyd Garrison. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Abolitionist" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (abolitionist). |
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| "Abolitionist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Abolitionist" is used about 63 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 63 | 42,364 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abolitionist charles | 197 |
abolitionist | 105 |
abolitionist movement | 23 |
abolitionist charles o | 11 |
abolitionist charles osborn | 11 |
john brown abolitionist | 9 |
abolitionist famous | 6 |
abolitionist picture | 5 |
abolitionist civil war | 5 |
abolitionist black | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "abolitionist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | tegenstander van slaverný. (various references) | |
Esperanto | kontraŭsklavecisto. (various references) | |
French | abolitionniste. (various references) | |
Greek | κάποιοσ που τάσεται υπέρ κατάργησησ τησ δουλειάσ. (various references) | |
Italian | abolizionista. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 全廃論者 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぜ"ぱいろ"しゃ. (various references) | |
Manx | scrysseyder magh, scryssee, dolleyder, dollee. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abolitionistay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abolicionista (emancipationist). (various references) | |
Romanian | aboliţionist. (various references) | |
Russian | аболиционист. (various references) | |
Spanish | abolicionista (abolisher, abolitionary). (various references) | |
Swedish | abolitionist. (various references) | |
Turkish | köleliğin kaldırılması yanlısı. (various references) | |
Ukranian | аболіціоніст, прихильник аболіціонізму. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người theo chủ nghĩa bãi nô. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "abolitionist": abolitionists. (additional references) | |
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"Abolitionist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abolishionist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "abolitionist" (pronounced a'buli"shunust) |
| 7 | -i" sh u n u s t | exhibitionist, nutritionist. |
| 6 | -sh u n u s t | abortionist, conservationist, contortionist, expressionist, impressionist, interventionist, isolationist, obstructionist, preservationist, protectionist, receptionist, reservationist, revolutionist, secessionist, segregationist. |
| 5 | -u n u s t | accompanist, agonist, antagonist, anticommunist, arsonist, botanist, chauvinist, colonist, communist, determinist, feminist, illusionist, misogynist, organist, protagonist, unionist. |
| 4 | -n u s t | balloonist, cartoonist, cleanest, columnist, dishonest, earnest, finest, funnest, greenest, gymnast, harnessed, honest, hygienist, internist, keenest, leanest, machinist, meanest, modernist, noncommunist, opportunist, pianist, soonest, sternest, tannest, thinnest, violinist, witnessed. |
| 3 | -u s t | ablest, absolutist, activist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, anthropologist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, catalyst, cellist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, closest, coldest, colonialist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, direst, dirtiest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exorcist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, idealist, ideologist, immunologist, imperialist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, oboist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservist, resurfaced, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secularist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-i-l-n-o-o-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: abolitions, sibilation. | |
-3 letters: abolition, boltonias, isolation, libations, lobations, oblations, siltation. | |
-4 letters: boltonia, botanist, initials, inositol, libation, lobation, oblation, ostinati, ostinato, sibilant, solation. | |
-5 letters: aiblins, albinos, altoist, bastion, biotins, bonitas, bonitos, initial, latinos, lattins, liaison, lotions, oblasti, obtains, soliton, station, stibial, talions, titians. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-i-i-l-n-o-o-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: abolitionists. | |
+5 letters: controllabilities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 6F 6C 69 74 69 6F 6E 69 73 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... --- .-.. .. - .. --- -. .. ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01101111 01101100 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01101001 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b o l i t i o n i s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 006F 006C 0069 0074 0069 006F 006E 0069 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356881787586758180758586 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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