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œcist, œkist|ˈiːsɪst, ˈiːkɪst|
Also oikist.
[ad. Gr. οἰκιστής, agent-n. from οἰκίζ-ειν to settle (a colony), f. οἶκος house, dwelling.]
The founder of an ancient Greek (rarely transf. a modern) colony.
1846Grote Greece i. xviii. II. 41 The legend of the Rhodian archæologists respecting their œkist Althæmenês. 1878Blackw. Mag. Sept. 340 The œkist of Cape Colony, Van Riebeck. 1880Daily News 17 Dec. 5/3 The Oecist of Gilead, to give Mr. Oliphant his proper designation. 1885Jane E. Harrison Stud. Grk. Art iv. 152 Megara Hyblæa in Sicily..sent for an oikist, or colony leader, from her old home, Megara in Hellas proper. |