Svecoman en · NOUN
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Svecomans | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Swecoman | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Svekoman | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Swekoman | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
sv svekoman (member of a nationalist movement) · fi svekomaani (member of a nationalist movement)