emancipist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had completed, though one such was more usually called an expiree.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈmænsɪpɪst/

Word forms

emancipist emancipists emancipatist

Etymology

From emancipate + -ist.

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