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prohibitionist

DEFINITIONS OF: prohibitionist

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n a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

Synonyms:
dry
Examples:
Carry Amelia Moore Nation
United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard
United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898)
Type of:
crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer
a disputant who advocates reform
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