Freedomite

== English == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹiːdəmaɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɹidəmaɪt/ Hyphenation: Free‧dom‧ite === Noun === Freedomite (plural Freedomites) (also attributively) (Canada, historical) 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. (Dominica) A member of the Dominica Freedom Party. (dated) One who advocates for freedom in various contexts. ==== Alternative forms ==== freedomite ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Freedomites on Wikipedia.Wikipedia