resolutionistn.
/ˌrɛzəˈl(j)uːʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌrɛzəˈl(j)uːʃənɪst/, U.S. /ˌrɛzəˈluʃənəst/ 1. A person who formulates or supports a resolution. Cf. resolutioner n. 1. Now rare.
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the mind > will > decision > [noun] > one who makes or supports a resolution
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1810 Morning Chron. 6 June Those counter-resolutionists had no right to impute as the motives that actuated his conduct, objects which [etc.].]
1818 Q. Musical Mag. & Rev. 1 261 Mrs. Dickons is at this moment in our own metropolis, and without any disparagement of her talents, would certainly not have satisfied the opera resolutionists.
1891 Daily News 1 Jan. 3/4 My directors are as anxious as the resolutionists can be to secure for those in their service equitable conditions of labour.
1942 Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio) 21 May 6/5 Mrs. Mildred De Bos will serve as a resolutionist at the convention.
2007 Australian (Nexis) 25 Apr. 14 The old ways of the Labour Party were the resolutionists, the committee rooms, the fixing and the small groups trying to run the show.
2. A person who makes a (New Year's) resolution.
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1909 Nebraska State Jrnl. 7 Jan. 6/5 The New Year resolutionist he wept him bitter tears As he thought of him as only one of wrecks of ruined years.
1992 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 2 Jan. b1/3 These are the real die-hard workout-o-holics..and a few resolutionists—this is their only time in here all year.
2008 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 30 Jan. 7 Thousands of exercise resolutionists around the world quickly turn into flakes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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