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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Bridges and her mother had to be escorted by federal marshals under the loud jeers of segregationists who protested her pursuit of a basic education.
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NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
For the next century, South Carolina, along with other Southern states, would enact and violently protect the segregationist Jim Crow order.
—Brittany Friedman / Made By History, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
On his way to the White House, Carter effectively rid his party — and the nation — of its most pugnacious segregationist, George Wallace of Alabama, by beating Wallace in the Florida Democratic primary.
—Randall Balmer, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
At one point, he was met with fierce opposition as the only White man in Plains to refuse to join a segregationist group called the White Citizens’ Council.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
For the next century, South Carolina, along with other Southern states, would enact and violently protect the segregationist Jim Crow order.
—Brittany Friedman / Made By History, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
On his way to the White House, Carter effectively rid his party — and the nation — of its most pugnacious segregationist, George Wallace of Alabama, by beating Wallace in the Florida Democratic primary.
—Randall Balmer, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
At one point, he was met with fierce opposition as the only White man in Plains to refuse to join a segregationist group called the White Citizens’ Council.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 29 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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