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Meanings of passive resister in English

A reformer who believes in passive resistance.

        Usage of passive resister in English
        1
        Getting the thing rolled up, for starters, is like handling a passive resister.
        Cleaving
        2
        He always assumes the rôle of passive resister, and is always defeated with ignominy.
        A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil
        3
        Thirty-four of the women passive resisters were still incarcerated there, doing hard labour.
        Native Life in South Africa / Before and Since the European War ...
        4
        Here little cottages shrank together, passive resisters of the twentieth century.
        This Is the End
        5
        Have you turned Puritan or Passive Resister, or something?
        The Club of Queer Trades
        6
        They're the passive resisters-that'swhat I call them.
        Michael, Brother of Jerry
        7
        The Passive Resister will be shown symbolically carrying the teapot that was torn from him by tyrannical auctioneers.
        All Things Considered
        8
        Emergency orders, that morning, detailed Lance with a detachment for the Railway Workshops, where passive resisters were actively on the war-path.
        Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
        9
        "All conscientious objectors, passive resisters, pacifists, and other cranks!"
        All in It : K(1) Carries On
        10
        "We all know how damned superior you always are, and as for an emasculated old ass like St. Paul-blasted, white-liveredpassive resister-
        Captivity
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