inoculistn.
/ᵻˈnɒkjᵿlɪst/, U.S. /ᵻˈnɑkjələst/ Now rare.
A person who performs inoculation as a protection against an infectious disease; (also) a person who advocates inoculation; = inoculator n. 2a.
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1761 J. Kirkpatrick Anal. Inoculation (ed. 2) v. 135 The deceased supposed by the Anti-inoculists, to have been absolutely left out of the Inoculators Lists.]
1766 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 16 Dec. High on the roll of fame Stands S—tt—n's wond'rous and extensive name: Merit has long acknowledged, we must own, This great Inoculist a darling son.
1776 in Narragansett Hist. Reg. (1887) Apr. 352 Practitioners and Inoculists may be served with them [sc. medicines], if applied for soon.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 May 3/1 M. Pasteur. The great inoculist has explained to Dr. Mott the theory and practice of his discovery.
1966 Canad. Jrnl. Public Health 57 528 Public health nurses were certified as inoculists and now provide a very high proportion of the immunization in health regions.
2012 K. Fullagar Savage Visit vi. 132 He moved in a circle where inoculation was a matter of course, and indeed where renowned inoculists moved as well.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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