'Secessionist' definitions:
Definition of 'secessionist'
From: WordNet
noun
An advocate of secessionism
Definition of 'Secessionist'
From: GCIDE
- Secessionist \Se*ces"sion*ist\, n.
- 1. One who upholds secession. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (U.S. Hist.) One who holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its will. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'secessionist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abjuratory,
- apostate,
- backslider,
- bolter,
- breakaway,
- collaborationist,
- collaborator,
- convert,
- defector,
- deserter,
- fifth columnist,
- mugwump,
- mugwumpian,
- mugwumpish,
- proselyte,
- quisling,
- recidivist,
- recreant,
- renegade,
- renegado,
- renegate,
- renunciative,
- renunciatory,
- repudiative,
- repudiatory,
- reversionist,
- revocatory,
- runagate,
- schismatic,
- seceder,
- separatist,
- strikebreaker,
- tergiversant,
- tergiversator,
- traitor,
- turnabout,
- turncoat,
- turntail