separatist
noun
a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
separatists
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pluralof separatist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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When a judge dealt another blow to separatists in May, Smith appealed the ruling and called the referendum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
While she is correct that the separatists who traveled on the Mayflower in 1620 eschewed the pejorative term Puritan, she errantly suggests that they called themselves Pilgrims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
She says that among the men was Yurii Temerbek, a Ukrainian who had been a local traffic policeman and had joined the Russian-backed separatists.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
But an Alberta judge shut down the process, saying the citizens' initiative was invalid because the separatists had failed to consult with Indigenous groups whose rights could be threatened if the province separated from Canada.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
With the approval of the Continental Congress, three armies were mustered to launch an offensive against the Seneca and any other Indigenous nation that opposed the separatists.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
