"vaccinationist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vaccinationists [plural]
Etymology: From vaccination + -ist. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|vaccination|-ist}} vaccination + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} vaccinationist (plural vaccinationists)
  1. (dated, uncommon) A person who supports vaccination. Tags: dated, uncommon Categories (topical): People Synonyms: pro-vaccinationist, pro-vaxxer [informal], vaxxer [informal]
    Sense id: en-vaccinationist-en-noun-lG6gMfNX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist

Inflected forms

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          "text": "What, then, must they think of the law which requires that a like foul virus shall be perforce injected into their own veins, to befoul the whole current of their blood and to introduce all manner of diseases? “But care is taken to have the lymph fresh and pure from the heifer,” say the vaccinationists.",
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