Hypertext Webster Gateway: "separatist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Separatist \Sep`a*ra*tist\, n. [Cf. F. s['e]paratiste.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
separatist
adj : having separated or advocating separation from another
entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"
[syn: {breakaway}]
n : an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group
(such as an established church or a national union)
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