emancipist

== English == === Alternative forms === emancipatist (relatively rare) === Etymology === From emancipate + -ist. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈmænsɪpɪst/ === Noun === emancipist (plural emancipists) (Australia, historical) 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. ==== References ==== Ernest Scott, A Short History of Australia, chapter V [2].