- a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
- an advocate of separation, especially ecclesiastical or political separation.
- of, relating to, or designating separatism or separatists: separatist forces;separatist tendencies.
- a person who advocates or practises secession from an organization or group
- (as modifier)
- a person who advocates the secession of a province, esp Quebec, from Canada
