objector

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The "treachery" is all the greater if the objector is a workman or a workwoman The Bolsheviks are quite honest about their purpose--the transfer of power and property by murder and robbery from the bourgeoisie to the proletariat.

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  1. One who objects or interposes an adverse opinion, reason, or argument; one who is unwilling to receive and abide by a proposition, decision, or argument advanced, or offers opposing opinions, arguments, or reasons.

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  • The objector was a trapper who had been thrown in for shooting a moose out of season. —  135 - The Three Devils
  • Unless someone reenlisted indefinite prior to 9-11 there really is no reason to be a conscious objector, as the odds of any service member going to fight are very high. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • They have applied for conscientious objector (CO) status, which would allow them exemption from participation in war. —  Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
  • Anderson had vague thoughts about filing for conscientious objector (C.O.) status but was discouraged from doing so by his commanding officers, who told him that it would not be possible for him to obtain, and even falsely informed him that he was "not the right religion." —  AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09
  • "Tony's refusal to deploy simply underscores that he is a conscientious objector, and it is not his fault that the military denied him the opportunity to go through the application process," said Jeff Paterson, Gulf War resister and Project Director for Courage to Resist, a group that supports war resisters. —  AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09
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  1. from Late Latin objector, an accuser (Middle Latin also an objector?), from Latin objicere, obicere, object, accuse: see object, v.
 

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