proholiday

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adjective

In favour of a public holiday.

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Meanings

adjectiveproholiday (comparative more proholiday, superlative most proholiday)

comparative more proholiday · superlative most proholiday

  1. In favour of a public holiday.

    As it happens, the King holiday proposition had broad white support and lost by a narrow margin. […] Warren Stewart, the Baptist minister who led the proholiday movement, denounced [the video] as "an insult to the memory of Dr. King and a terrible lesson for our young people."

    1996, Martha Bayles, Hole in Our Soul, page 360

Origin

From pro- + holiday.

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APA

proholiday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proholiday

MLA

“proholiday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proholiday. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proholiday,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proholiday.

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