DCHP-2
separatist ((n.)) DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a supporter of separatism.
See also: separation (meaning 1) sovereignist (meaning 2) sovereignty-association War Measures Act
- 1961 The shock troops on the battlefield are Quebec's separatists, who want nothing less than to secede from Canada and establish an independent Republic of Quebec.
- 1963 The cracks [in Confederation] are small yet, and the separatists of B.C. are not organized. But neither were the separatists of Quebec a few years ago.
- 1966 Mr. Caouette's suggestion that Mr. Gregoire should resign from federal politics now that he has become a separatist, means the end of that alliance.
- 1961 The shock troops on the battlefield are Quebec's separatists, who want nothing less than to secede from Canada and establish an independent Republic of Quebec.