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
But she concedes that if young people feel they are living under an prohibitionist regime then "we need to listen to them".
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2017
In her time, Mrs. Schlafly was one of the most polarizing figures in American public life, a self-described housewife who displayed a moral ferocity reminiscent of the ax-wielding prohibitionist Carry Nation.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2016
He was, in fact, no prohibitionist, but he was a strong believer in temperance.
From George Washington: Farmer by Paul Leland Haworth
