secessionist

[ si-sesh-uh-nist ]

/ sɪˈsɛʃ ə nɪst /

a person who secedes, advocates secession, or claims secession as a constitutional right.

of or relating to secession or secessionists.

Origin of secessionist

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; secession + -ist

se·ces·sion·ism, noun

secco, secede, secern, secernentasida, secession, secessionist, sech, sechenov, seckel, seckel syndrome, seclude

If the flames of separatism in Punjab seemed to be simmering, the secessionist strife in Kashmir was just peaking.

Farewell to Manmohan Singh, India’s Puppet Prime Minister |Kapil Komireddi |January 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
That said, the secessionist impulse was and remains a political loser.

The GOP’s Racial Handicap |Lloyd Green |October 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Earlier, Hunter had been a leader in the League of the South, a secessionist organization.

Like Father, Like Son: Ron Paul Passes the Neo-Confederate Baton to Rand |James Kirchick |July 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In fact, there are serious reasons why the North itself should take the lead in a secessionist movement.

Memo to the South: Go Ahead, Secede Already! |Lee Siegel |April 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

His cover was that he was a secessionist courier from Baltimore.

Second ‘Underwear Bomber,’ Kim Philby, and Other Notorious Double Agents |The Daily Beast |May 10, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
She is a red-hot Secessionist, as they all are, except Coulter himself, but she is a good wife and high-bred lady.

The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. II: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians |Ambrose Bierce
By what machinery the secessionist armies are to be followed into the interior is altogether another question.

North America, Volume II (of 2) |Anthony Trollope
Agent Cooper, secessionist though he was, probably did not altogether approve of the interference of the Texans.

The American Indian as Slaveholder and Seccessionist |Annie Heloise Abel
I am, I hope, too good a patriot to be a secessionist, much less a rebel.

Left on Labrador |Charles Asbury Stephens
When the battle was ended for the day, the great fiery Secessionist hastened to return to the wounded enemy.

History of Kershaw's Brigade |D. Augustus Dickert