emancipist
noun/ɪˈmænsɪpɪst/
Etymology
From emancipate + -ist.
Definitions
In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct
In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had completed, though one such was more usually called an expiree.
- Macquarie′s position on the emancipist issue was made abundantly clear almost from the outset by his appointment of three emancipists to the magistracy.
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