1. secessionist - Noun
2. secessionist - Adjective
One who upholds secession.
One who holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its will.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt was not Abraham Lincoln who invented the nanny-state; it was that son of the Confederacy, Woodrow Wilson. That American conservatives, even more than American leftists, should today manage to find themselves enamored of the secessionist republic may be the crowning irony of them all. Allen C. Guelzo
Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani formed the group in 1990 as a splinter from the secessionist Moro National Liberation Front. Source: Internet
But veteran soldiers were not re-enlisting, and earlier secessionist volunteers did not reappear to serve in war. Source: Internet
Days before the commencement of the 74th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) held last year in New York, the media was awash with the news that Kanu would be leading a delegation to the Assembly to plead the cause of the Biafra secessionist movement. Source: Internet
Hironaka, 2005, p. 16 Similarly, the international community has largely refused to recognize secessionist regions, while keeping some secessionist self-declared states such as Somaliland in diplomatic recognition limbo. Source: Internet
In early January 1961, ANC units loyal to Lumumba invaded northern Katanga to support a revolt of Baluba tribesmen against Tshombe's secessionist regime. Source: Internet