prohibitionist
Americannoun
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a person who favors or advocates prohibition.
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(initial capital letter) a member of the Prohibition party.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of prohibitionist
First recorded in 1840–50; prohibition + -ist
Example Sentences
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The Senators owner, a prohibitionist through and through, made things harder on himself by subsisting without a source of revenue that other teams availed themselves of.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
Most of the shops are to be operated by people of color who had been incarcerated by prohibitionist laws.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
But she concedes that if young people feel they are living under an prohibitionist regime then "we need to listen to them".
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2017
In her time, Mrs. Schlafly was one of the most polarizing figures in American public life, a self-described housewife who displayed a moral ferocity reminiscent of the ax-wielding prohibitionist Carry Nation.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2016
Why, Will, he'll use you in the capitals of Europe to advertise his liberalism; just as the prohibitionist exhibits a reformed drunkard.
From The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays by Sterling Andrus Leonard
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