Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emancipist

/ɪˈmænsɪpɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eman-cip-ist
IPA: /ɪˈmænsɪpɪst/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"On Governor Macquarie′s departure the emancipists were again thrown into the shade, and not one ever visited the succeeding governor at a party of any description, nor did he ever dine even in company with a single emancipist, until the very close of his administration."
"Macquarie′s position on the emancipist issue was made abundantly clear almost from the outset by his appointment of three emancipists to the magistracy."
"In his reports Bigge did not totally oppose Macquarie′s policy of restoring emancipists to ‘society’. He criticised the governor for forcing the pace and in fact for giving greater countenance to his emancipist protégés than to free emigrants whose claims should have been treated far more sensitively."

Etymology

Etymology tree English emancipate Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English emancipist From emancipate + -ist.

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

emancipists (plural) emancipatist (alternative, rare)

Questions

How do you pronounce emancipist?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈmænsɪpɪst/.
What does emancipist mean?: 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.
Where does emancipist come from?: Etymology tree English emancipate Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English emancipist From emancipate + -ist.

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