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| Dou·kho·bor [ dkə bàwr ] (plural Dou·kho·bors) or Du·kho·bor [ dkə bàwr ] (plural Du·kho·bors) |
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member of Russian Christian group: a member of an 18th-century Russian Christian group that rejected state and church authority and emigrated to western Canada at the end of the century to escape persecution
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| [Late 19th century. < Russian Dukhobar< dukh "spirit, Holy Ghost" + -bor "fighter"] |
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