one of the writers of material used in the early books of the Old Testament
Derived forms
Deuteronomistic
adjective
Word origin
[1860–65; deuteronom(y) + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: big brother, institutionalism, metric system, pop-up, raider-ist is a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certainprinciples, doctrines, etc. Other words that use the affix -ist include: Thomist, apologist, dramatist, machinist, socialist