Freedomite

发音

UK /ˈfɹiːdəmaɪt/
其它
US /ˈfɹidəmaɪt/
AU

词形变化

Freedomites 复数 Freedomites

别名

freedomite

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    加拿大 定语 历史
  2. 2.

    A member of the Dominica Freedom Party.

    定语
  3. 3.

    One who advocates for freedom in various contexts.

    定语 过时

词源

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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