in|ter|po|si|tion|ist

in|ter|po|si|tion|ist
in|ter|po|si|tion|ist «IHN tuhr puh ZIHSH uh nihst», noun.
a person who advocates, or takes part in, interposition: »

These interpositionists who stand on railroad tracks to block U.S. troop trains (Time).


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