segregationist
noun
seg·re·ga·tion·ist
ˌse-gri-ˈgā-sh(ə-)nist 
plural segregationists
: a person who believes in or practices segregation especially of races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
segregationist
adjective
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The move came after the state’s governor went against a court order and allowed a Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi, which angered segregationists, the report said.
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Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Additionally, Baylor reinforced the segregationist Southern order by refraining from fielding a Black player on its team until 1965.
—Hunter M. Hampton / Made By History, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
During his first term as governor, Carter made the historic decision to hang King's portrait alongside those of Civil War heroes and segregationists on the walls of the state Capitol in Atlanta.
—Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
By 1972, then President-Nixon’s people were worried about the prospect of segregationist former Alabama governor George Wallace drawing votes from Nixon as the potential nominee of the AIP, the right-wing American Independent Party.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Additionally, Baylor reinforced the segregationist Southern order by refraining from fielding a Black player on its team until 1965.
—Hunter M. Hampton / Made By History, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
During his first term as governor, Carter made the historic decision to hang King's portrait alongside those of Civil War heroes and segregationists on the walls of the state Capitol in Atlanta.
—Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
By 1972, then President-Nixon’s people were worried about the prospect of segregationist former Alabama governor George Wallace drawing votes from Nixon as the potential nominee of the AIP, the right-wing American Independent Party.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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segregationist
noun
seg·re·ga·tion·ist
ˌseg-ri-ˈgā-sh(ə-)nəst
: a person who believes in, practices, or encourages segregation especially of races
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