"mergist" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1965, The Education Digest, volume 31, page 19",
          "text": "The question is most often asked by the \"mergists\" — people who are lot unfriendly to the AFT, who would like to see the AFT and the hJEA's Department of Classroom Teachers merged into a unified organization, and who see the labor affiliation as a stumbling block.",
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          "ref": "1993, Theodore D. Weinshall, Societal Culture and Management, page 153",
          "text": "Transideological thinking is beginning to blossom and an amorphous zone is emerging despite the presence of sub-mergists and divergists.",
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        "Someone who generally favors merging."
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