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EMANCIPATIONIST

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e⋅man⋅ci⋅pa⋅tion⋅ist

  [i-man-suh-pey-shuh-nist]
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–noun
a person who advocates emancipation, esp. an advocate of the freeing of human beings from slavery.
Origin:
1815–25; emancipation + -ist
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e·man·ci·pa·tion   (ĭ-mān'sə-pā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act or an instance of emancipating.

  2. The condition of being emancipated.

e·man'ci·pa'tion·ist n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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