Freedomite
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːdəmaɪt/
The English word “Freedomite” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- A member of a Christian zealot sect that split off from the Doukhobors, and which was involved in protests against certain policies of the Canadian government during the early to mid 20th century; the Doukhobors were a non-Orthodox religious group which emigrated from Russia to Canada at the end of the 19th century to escape persecution.
- A member of the Dominica Freedom Party.
- One who advocates for freedom in various contexts.
Etymology
From freedom + -ite (suffix forming nouns denoting adherents or followers of a specified doctrine, idea, movement, person, etc.), a calque of Russian Свободник (Svobodnik), from свобо́да (svobóda, “freedom, liberty”) + -ник (-nik, suffix creating masculine nouns, usually denoting a professional, performer, adherent, place, object, tool or a feature).
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More English words
- freedom-camp
- freedomism
- freedomist
- freedomistic
- freedomless
- freedomlessness
- freedoms of the air
- freedomware
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