unionist
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- noun
- /ˈjuːniənɪst/
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sindicalista
- The insecurity of the Unionist community had a direct bearing on the nature of the state they created.
- trade unionists
- Unionist Party
- militant unionists
And the soldiers went there to protect the Catholic community from the unionist community.
- And the soldiers went there to protect the Catholic community from the unionist community.
- I'm the national organiser for Trade Unionists Against the EU.
- He needed a border state, Confederate, state Unionist.
- Communists and trade unionists who, who inadvertently helped the humanists to power.
Examples
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The people in this town have always had a good dose of sympathy for the Unionists.
Fiction book (2000) -
The act was consistently used against the Nationalist community, rarely against their Unionist counterparts.
Academic text (1996) -
And the soldiers went there to protect the Catholic community from the unionist community.
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You think about this, the unionist who fought that campaign, they called their campaign Project Fear, Project Fear.
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The Unionist response to the war is swift.
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Still, former Unionists did have another option.
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Clearly, this is not an outcome that Unionists would prefer.
Academic text (2001) -
It took tremendous courage to be a Unionist in Tennessee during the Civil War.
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In the north of Ireland, Ulster Unionists are by far the most successful party, setting the scene for the future partition of the island.
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During the meeting, the unionist expressed strong support for workers' rights and better wages.
Synonyms
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A person who belongs to a group of workers who protect pay and working conditions
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A person who helps workers get better pay and safer jobs
A person who supports workers and their unions
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Etymology
Unionist comes from union, from a Latin word meaning 'oneness', and shares the same root as unit and unite, while the ending -ist means 'a person who supports or belongs to' something. So a unionist is someone who supports or belongs to a union, often a labor or political group.