prohibitionist
Example Sentences
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The Senators owner, a prohibitionist through and through, made things harder on himself by subsisting without a source of revenue that other teams availed themselves of.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
Most of the shops are to be operated by people of color who had been incarcerated by prohibitionist laws.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
Mr. Sweanor emphasized that he’s not a prohibitionist.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2023
"The reason she was appointed is Theresa May was looking for someone who was a hard-line prohibitionist," he said.
From BBC ● May 14, 2018
Even the glare of a gin palace, flooding out across the crowded pavement at some street corner, would have, just now, been fraught with solace, convinced prohibitionist though he was.
From Deadham Hard by Lucas Malet