Definition

Noun: 1. A person who advocates for or practices the separation of groups, especially racial groups: A segregator is someone who supports or enforces policies, laws, or social systems that keep different races apart.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The historical figure was a known segregator who fought against integrated schools.
  • The law was designed by segregators to maintain separate public facilities.

Advanced Usage

• "A vocal segregator": Emphasizes someone who publicly and actively advocates for segregation.
  • He was a vocal segregator, often writing editorials defending the practice.
• "An unrepentant segregator": Describes someone who continues to believe in segregation without regret or apology.
  • Even decades later, he remained an unrepentant segregator.

Variants and Related Words

• Segregate (verb): To set apart or separate, especially by race.
  • The policy sought to segregate the communities.
• Segregation (noun): The act or practice of segregating; the state of being segregated.
  • The era of legal segregation ended with the Civil Rights Act.
• Segregationist (noun): A synonym for segregator; a person who believes in or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
  • Segregationists protested the integration of the university.

Synonyms

• Separatist: A person who supports the separation of a particular group from a larger body, often on political, ethnic, or religious grounds.
• Discriminator: A person who makes an unjust distinction in the treatment of different categories of people.

Related Phrases

• To advocate for segregation: To publicly support or recommend segregation.
  • The group continued to advocate for segregation well into the 1960s.
• To enforce segregation: To compel observance of segregation laws or rules.
  • The governor used state troops to enforce segregation at the schoolhouse door.

Noun

1. someone who believes the races should be kept apart