2. Noun. One who is not a militant. ¹
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Definition of Nonmilitant
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonmilitant
Literary usage of Nonmilitant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of American Literature by Percy Holmes Boynton (1919)
"Of these five, all but the fourth have been produced, " The Rib of the Man" having
been withheld temporarily because of its nonmilitant theme and the ..."
2. Parliamentary Franchise Reform in England from 1885 to 1918 by Homer Lawrence Morris (1921)
"... to carry on a more vigorous educational and propagandist campaign along
nonmilitant lines. The next day they held a big demonstration in Hyde Park and ..."
3. The Expanding Role of State and Local Governments in U.S. Foreign Affairs by Earl H. Fry (1998)
"... it has a well-trained, nonmilitant workforce; it has relatively low corporate
and personal income taxes, a benign regulatory climate with a minimum of ..."
4. The Psychology of Selling Life Insurance by Edward Kellogg Strong (1922)
"... Jews, Chinamen, scabs, prophets, or suffragettes of the nonmilitant variety.
Teasing, bullying, cruelty, are thus in part the results of one of nature's ..."
5. Afghanistan: Is There Hope for Peace? : Hearings Before the Subcommittee on by United States, Senate, Congress, Committee on Foreign Relations (1996)
"For Rahman and his colleagues the goal is clear, to replace secular governments
or nonmilitant Islamic governments who recognize international law, ..."
6. Monthly Review of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (1916)
"9 Independent trade societies and nonmilitant workmen's federations and societies.
> Bulletin of the Department of Labor, State of New York, 1913, p. ..."
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