disunionist
Americannoun
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a person who advocates or causes disunion.
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U.S. History. a secessionist during the period of the Civil War.
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Calhoun always denied he was a disunionist and did not live long enough to witness the guns of South Carolina firing on United States forces in Charleston Harbor.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2021
He was not, as has been so generally thought, a disunionist.
From Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 by Julian, George W.
Mr. Toombs was charged with being a disunionist.
From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Stovall, Pleasant A.
If that be disunion, I am a disunionist.
From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Stovall, Pleasant A.
Not a disunionist, at all events; but a disunionist in a certain event.
From Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 by Bartlett, D. W.
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