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Svecoman en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (historical) A member of a Swedish nationalist movement that arose in the Grand Duchy of Finland at the end of the 19th century, chiefly as a reaction to the demands for increased use of Finnish vigorously presented by the Fennoman movement.
    • The main idea of the Svecomans was that the Swedish-speakers of Finland were a separate nation from the Finnish-speakers and needed to preserve their Swedish language and culture. 1990, Finland: A Country Study, second edition, Washington, D.C.: The Division, →OCLC, page 19:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Svecomans Number=Plur lexicographic
Swecoman alternative lexicographic
Svekoman alternative lexicographic
Swekoman alternative lexicographic

Relateds

Fennoman

Translations (2)

sv svekoman (member of a nationalist movement) · fi svekomaani (member of a nationalist movement)