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
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Etymology
Origin of prohibitionist
First recorded in 1840–50; prohibition + -ist
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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
Mr. Sweanor emphasized that he’s not a prohibitionist.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2023
A sprawling history of a concept, spanning decades of prohibitionist thinking and the latest in recovery research, could easily fall apart were it not informed by Fisher's experience.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2022
Then, recanting previous opinions, I became a prohibitionist.
From American Notes by Rudyard Kipling
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