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- noun Plural form of
conventionist .
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Examples
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General Sterling Price, of the Confederate Army, who was its first president, had become "a rump," and so there were old-conventionists and new-conventionists.
The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights
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We have said that every error has its shadow of truth, and, so far, the [Woman's Rights] conventionists are right.
Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Louise Manly 1896
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"Let us be charitable toward the Hartford conventionists; let us make them feel that they have a country," said a member of Congress, in discussing the impost bill of
The United States of America, Part 1 Edwin Erle Sparks 1892
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Today there were not half a dozen carriages and omnibuses altogether, and the bathers were few-nursery maids, fragments of a day-excursion, and some of the fair conventionists.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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The boat was full of conventionists; all the talk was of what must be done there.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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The boat was full of conventionists; all the talk was of what must be done there.
Backlog Studies Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Today there were not half a dozen carriages and omnibuses altogether, and the bathers were few-nursery maids, fragments of a day-excursion, and some of the fair conventionists.
Their Pilgrimage Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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The situation of the conventionists who survive the Revolution may here be ascertained.
The French Revolution - Volume 2 Hippolyte Taine 1860
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The Court room of Mr. Sabin, and the stairs leading to it, were rapidly wedged with the bodies of the conventionists, in whose faces the slave read unmistakeable trust, courage and rescue.
The Rev. J. W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman. A Narrative of Real Life. Jermain Wesley 1859
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Speaking at the Black Management Forum's (BMF) conference on next year's general election, he said the "ANC conventionists" appeared to have the potential to attract a significant portion of votes from the traditional ANC constituencies as well as constituencies of the other political parties.
News24 2008
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