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The definition of an abolitionist is someone who wants a particular practice stopped.

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An example of an abolitionist is author Harriet Beecher Stowe who worked to help end slavery.

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See abolitionist in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person in favor of abolishing some law, custom, etc.
one who favored the abolition of slavery in the U.S.

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