Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

freedomite

/ˈfɹidəmaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
Free-dom-ite
IPA
/ˈfɹidəmaɪt/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Freedomite.

noun

A member of a Christian zealot sect that split off from the Doukhobors, and which was involved in protests against certain policies of the Canadian government during the early to mid 20th century; the Doukhobors were a non-Orthodox religious group which emigrated from Russia to Canada at the end of the 19th century to escape persecution.

Canadian usage

noun

A member of the Dominica Freedom Party.

noun

One who advocates for freedom in various contexts.

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Etymology

From freedom + -ite (suffix forming nouns denoting adherents or followers of a specified doctrine, idea, movement, person, etc.), a calque of Russian Свободник (Svobodnik), from свобо́да (svobóda, “freedom, liberty”) + -ник (-nik, suffix creating masculine nouns, usually denoting a professional, performer, adherent, place, object, tool or a feature).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈfɹidəmaɪt/
  • British English: /ˈfɹiːdəmaɪt/

Usage

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Questions

How do you pronounce freedomite?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹidəmaɪt/.
What does freedomite mean?
Alternative letter-case form of Freedomite.
Where does freedomite come from?
From freedom + -ite (suffix forming nouns denoting adherents or followers of a specified doctrine, idea, movement, person, etc.), a calque of Russian Свободник (Svobodnik), from свобо́да (svobóda, “freedom, liberty”) + -ник (-nik, suffix creating masculine nouns, usually denoting a professional, performer, adherent, place, object, tool or a feature).

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