voluntaryist
(ˈvɒləntərɪɪst)
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
One who advocates or upholds the voluntary system of support and control in religious or (latterly esp.) educational institutions.
Also, an advocate of voluntary military service. (Cf. voluntarist.)
| 1842 E. Miall in Nonconf. II. 305 The proceedings of voluntaryists hitherto..have not been on a commanding scale. 1869 Spectator 24 July 861 We are not Voluntaryists,..but his Grace of Canterbury's remarks seem to us thoroughly intolerant..in the head of a national Church. 1888 T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster I. 311 A vigorous attack upon the voluntaryists,..showing how complete had been the failure of the voluntary system to meet the educational wants of the people. |
| attrib. 1893 Daily News 7 Apr. 3/5 At present parents of all children in School Board districts are contributors to the local rates, and voluntaryist parents receive nothing for what they contribute. |