disunionist

[ dis-yoon-yuh-nist ]

noun

1. a person who advocates or causes disunion.
2. U.S. History. a secessionist during the period of the Civil War.

Other Words From

• dis·union·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disunionist¹

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; disunion + -ist

Example Sentences

Every Unionist ought to wish the new government to succeed; and every disunionist must desire it to fail.

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He said that in talking with a disunionist a few days ago he asked what the South demanded and what would satisfy them.

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It was only slowly and very deliberately that Washington identified himself with the disunionist cause.

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There is no disunionist, that I know of, in the delegation from the State of Alabama.

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He was active in many ways as an abolitionist, but was not a disunionist.

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