prohibitionist

Other forms: prohibitionists

Definitions of prohibitionist
  1. noun
    a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
    synonyms: dry
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    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 person or group who pushes to improve an institution or system by changing it
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