emancipist

noun
/ɪˈmænsɪpɪst/

Etymology

From emancipate + -ist.

  1. learned borrowing from ēmancipātus — “liberated, emancipated
  2. formed as emancipist — “emancipate + -ist

Definitions

  1. 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA