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Webster 1913 Edition
Separatist
Sepˊa-ra-tist
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
séparatiste
.] One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary.
Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting of
separatist
. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Separatist
SEP'ARATIST
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Separatist
Separatist
See also: separatist
German
Noun
Separatist m (genitive Separatisten, plural Separatisten, feminine Separatistin)
Declension
Declension of Separatist
| singular | plural | ||||
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| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Separatist | die | Separatisten |
| genitive | eines | des | Separatisten | der | Separatisten |
| dative | einem | dem | Separatisten | den | Separatisten |
| accusative | einen | den | Separatisten | die | Separatisten |
separatist
separatist
See also: Separatist
English
Noun
separatist (plural separatists)
- Someone who advocates separation from the established Church; a member of any of various sects or schismatics.
- A person who advocates or seeks the splitting of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.
- On rare occasions French-Canadian separatists have resorted to violence.
Translations
political separatist
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Adjective
separatist (not comparable)
- Advocating ecclesiastical separation.
- Advocating or seeking the separation of one country or territory into two politically independent countries or territories.
- He is a Scottish nationalist and has a large collection of separatist literature.
Translations
Advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory
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Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
separatist m (definite singular separatisten, indefinite plural separatister, definite plural separatistene)
Related terms
References
- “separatist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sәparaˈtist/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
separatist m (definite singular separatisten, indefinite plural separatistar, definite plural separatistane)
- separatist (person who supports partition of their country)
- Separatistane møtte opp mannsterke i gatene.
- The separatists turned up in large numbers in the streets.
- Separatistane møtte opp mannsterke i gatene.
Related terms
References
- “separatist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.