politistn.
/ˈpɒlᵻtɪst/, U.S. /ˈpɑlədəst/ A politician; a student of or writer on politics.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > one who studies or writes about
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1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia p. iii She will turne heresie, Or superstition, wily politist, But she will winne those rampires which resist.
1746 E. Turner Let. May in L. Dickins & M. Stanton 18th-Cent. Corr. (1910) 122 My impatience is worn out in seeing Politists swallow down Ministerial Pudding piping hot.
1869 Contemp. Rev. 11 132 The pleasant society of Politists and Legists like Hooker, Taylor, &c.
1922 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 27 629 In common with the economists, politists, and psychologists, the sociologists accept..the verdict of the historian.
1975 Times 9 July 15/4 The persistence of such an arm's length relationship will mean that the politist will continue to have little to offer the politician or the civil servant in their hour of need.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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