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Prohibitionist

One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist.

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Crusader 76% connected

One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages.

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Reformer 76% connected

One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses.

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Reformist 76% connected

A reformer.

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Prohibition 74% connected

The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

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Prohibition 74% connected

The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

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Dry 92% connected

Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid o…

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-ory unknown · 78% connection

An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amend…

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Ablegate noun · 78% connection

A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly name…

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Alien adjective · 78% connection

not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the myst…

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Ban noun · 78% connection

A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

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Bond noun · 78% connection

The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.

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Commercial adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relati…

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Commodity noun · 78% connection

That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit, especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and sold (ex…

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Consulage noun · 78% connection

A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their commerce by means of a consul in a foreign place.

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Deacon noun · 78% connection

An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholi…

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Defence noun · 78% connection

Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

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Domestic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and dom…

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Embargo verb · 78% connection

To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.

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Enactment noun · 78% connection

That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a socia…

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Envoy noun · 78% connection

One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or…

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Exotic adjective · 78% connection

Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.

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Export verb · 78% connection

To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the way of commerce; -…

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Exporter noun · 78% connection

One who exports; the person who sends goods or commodities to a foreign country, in the way of commerce; -- opposed to importer.

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Exterior adjective · 78% connection

Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom.

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