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noun

Prohibitionist n.

One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist.

One who favors the prohibition of the sale (or of the sale and manufacture) of alcoholic liquors as beverages.

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Etymology of 'Prohibitionist'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Prohibitionist" Quotes from Famous Books

... served as a delegate to the national convention of 1880. After a number of newspaper ventures he became the editor of the Kansas Farmer of Topeka in 1880 and continued in that position until he was elected to the United States Senate. He was a member of the Knights of Labor and was an ardent prohibitionist and, above all, an ...

— The Agrarian Crusade - A Chronicle of the Farmer in Politics • Solon J. Buck

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