aerialist | (noun) an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze) | - |
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agriculturalist | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturist, cultivator, grower, raiser |
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amoralist | (noun) someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid | - |
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annalist | (noun) a historian who writes annals | - |
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anomalist | (noun) someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases | - |
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arbalist | (noun) late version of the crossbow with a steel bow | Synonyms: arbalest |
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(noun) archer who uses an arbalest | - |
automobilist | (noun) someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile | Synonyms: motorist |
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bibliopolist | (noun) a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books) | Synonyms: bibliopole |
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bicyclist | (noun) a person who rides a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycler, biker, cyclist, wheeler |
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bilingualist | (noun) a person who speaks two languages fluently | Synonyms: bilingual |
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bimetallist | (noun) an advocate of bimetallism | - |
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blacklist | (noun) a list of people who are out of favor | Synonyms: black book, shitlist |
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cabalist | (noun) an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters | Synonyms: kabbalist |
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(noun) a member of a cabal | - |
capitalist | (noun) a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) | - |
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(noun) a conservative advocate of capitalism | - |
cellist | (noun) someone who plays a violoncello | Synonyms: violoncellist |
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checklist | (noun) a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted | - |
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clericalist | (noun) one who advocates clericalism | - |
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colonialist | (noun) a believer in colonialism | - |
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constitutionalist | (noun) an advocate of constitutional government | - |
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controversialist | (noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: disputant, eristic |
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conversationalist | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationist, schmoozer |
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cyclist | (noun) a person who rides a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycler, bicyclist, biker, wheeler |
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cymbalist | (noun) a performer on the cymbals | - |
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diabolist | (noun) an adherent of Satan or Satanism | Synonyms: Satanist |
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dualist | (noun) an adherent of dualism | - |
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duelist | (noun) a person who fights duels | Synonyms: dueler, dueller, duellist |
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duellist | (noun) a person who fights duels | Synonyms: dueler, duelist, dueller |
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editorialist | (noun) a journalist who writes editorials | Synonyms: columnist |
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educationalist | (noun) a specialist in the theory of education | Synonyms: educationist |
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environmentalist | (noun) someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution | Synonyms: conservationist |
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evangelist | (noun) a preacher of the Christian gospel | Synonyms: gospeler, gospeller, revivalist |
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existentialist | (noun) a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable | Synonyms: existential philosopher, existentialist philosopher |
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fabulist | (noun) a person who tells or invents fables | - |
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fatalist | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, predestinarian, predestinationist |
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federalist | (noun) an advocate of federalism | - |
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finalist | (noun) a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition | - |
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fossilist | (noun) a specialist in paleontology | Synonyms: palaeontologist, paleontologist |
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funambulist | (noun) an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope | Synonyms: tightrope walker |
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functionalist | (noun) an adherent of functionalism | - |
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fundamentalist | (noun) a supporter of fundamentalism | - |
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(noun) an adherent of fundamentalist principles | - |
generalist | (noun) a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests | Synonyms: Renaissance man |
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hairstylist | (noun) someone who cuts or beautifies hair | Synonyms: hairdresser, styler, stylist |
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herbalist | (noun) a therapist who heals by the use of herbs | Synonyms: herb doctor |
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idealist | (noun) someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations | Synonyms: dreamer |
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imperialist | (noun) a believer in imperialism | - |
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individualist | (noun) a person who pursues independent thought or action | - |
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industrialist | (noun) someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise | - |
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instrumentalist | (noun) someone who plays a music as a profession | Synonyms: musician, player |
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internationalist | (noun) an advocate of internationalism | - |
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(noun) a member of a socialist or communist international | - |
journalist | (noun) a writer for newspapers and magazines | - |
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(noun) someone who keeps a diary or journal | Synonyms: diarist, diary keeper |
kabbalist | (noun) an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters | Synonyms: cabalist |
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liberalist | (noun) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties | Synonyms: liberal, progressive |
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list | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical | Synonyms: inclination, lean, leaning, tilt |
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(noun) a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) | Synonyms: listing |
loyalist | (noun) a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) | Synonyms: stalwart |
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madrigalist | (noun) a singer of madrigals | - |
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materialist | (noun) someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter | - |
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(noun) someone with great regard for material possessions | - |
medalist | (noun) (golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament | Synonyms: medal winner, medallist |
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(noun) someone who has won a medal | Synonyms: medallist |
medallist | (noun) (golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament | Synonyms: medal winner, medalist |
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(noun) someone who has won a medal | Synonyms: medalist |
minimalist | (noun) a practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism | - |
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(noun) a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics | - |
monopolist | (noun) someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something | Synonyms: monopoliser, monopolizer |
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moralist | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems | - |
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(noun) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms | Synonyms: disciplinarian, martinet |
motorcyclist | (noun) a traveler who rides a motorcycle | - |
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muralist | (noun) a painter of murals | - |
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nationalist | (noun) one who loves and defends his or her country | Synonyms: patriot |
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(noun) an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government | - |
naturalist | (noun) a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) | Synonyms: natural scientist |
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(noun) an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms | - |
neutralist | (noun) an advocate of neutrality in international affairs | - |
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nihilist | (noun) an advocate of anarchism | Synonyms: anarchist, syndicalist |
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(noun) someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief | - |
noctambulist | (noun) someone who walks about in their sleep | Synonyms: sleepwalker, somnambulist |
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nominalist | (noun) a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism | - |
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novelist | (noun) one who writes novels | - |
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oculist | (noun) a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye | Synonyms: eye doctor, ophthalmologist |
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(noun) a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses | Synonyms: optometrist |
orientalist | (noun) a specialist in oriental subjects | - |
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ornamentalist | (noun) someone who decorates | Synonyms: decorator |
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panelist | (noun) a member of a panel | Synonyms: panellist |
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panellist | (noun) a member of a panel | Synonyms: panelist |
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philatelist | (noun) a collector and student of postage stamps | Synonyms: stamp collector |
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photojournalist | (noun) a journalist who presents a story primarily through the use of photographs | - |
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playlist | (noun) a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio | Synonyms: play list |
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pluralist | (noun) someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society | - |
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(noun) a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature | - |
(noun) a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time | - |
pointillist | (noun) a painter who uses the technique of pointillism | - |
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populist | (noun) someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite | - |
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pugilist | (noun) someone who fights with his fists for sport | Synonyms: boxer |
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racialist | (noun) a person with a prejudiced belief that one racial group is superior to others | Synonyms: racist |
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rationalist | (noun) someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes | Synonyms: positivist |
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realist | (noun) a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them | - |
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(noun) a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style | - |
(noun) a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly | - |
recitalist | (noun) a musician who gives recitals | - |
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revivalist | (noun) a preacher of the Christian gospel | Synonyms: evangelist, gospeler, gospeller |
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ritualist | (noun) an advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms | - |
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(noun) a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies | - |
royalist | (noun) an advocate of the principles of monarchy | Synonyms: monarchist |
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ruralist | (noun) an advocate of rural living | - |
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(noun) a man who lives in the country and has country ways | Synonyms: countryman |
sciolist | (noun) an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge | Synonyms: dabbler, dilettante |
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semifinalist | (noun) one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination | - |
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sensationalist | (noun) someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention | Synonyms: ballyhoo artist |
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sensualist | (noun) a person who enjoys sensuality | - |
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sentimentalist | (noun) someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality | Synonyms: romanticist |
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shitlist | (noun) a list of people who are out of favor | Synonyms: black book, blacklist |
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shortlist | (noun) a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen | Synonyms: short list |
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socialist | (noun) a political advocate of socialism | - |
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sodalist | (noun) a member of a sodality | - |
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somnambulist | (noun) someone who walks about in their sleep | Synonyms: noctambulist, sleepwalker |
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