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单词 tropist
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Definition of tropist in English:

tropist

noun ˈtrəʊpɪst
  • 1Chiefly derogatory. A person who (especially in relation to 16th cent. controversy about the nature of the Eucharist) challenges the literal meaning of Scripture or some passage of Scripture by explaining it as tropes or figurative language; an adherent of Reformed (non-Lutheran) Protestantism. Hence (more generally): a Protestant. See "tropic". Now historical.

  • 2A person who uses tropes or metaphors.

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Norton. From trope + -ist, in sense 1 after post-classical Latin tropista.

 
 

Definition of tropist in US English:

tropist

nounˈtrəʊpɪst
  • 1Chiefly derogatory. A person who (especially in relation to 16th cent. controversy about the nature of the Eucharist) challenges the literal meaning of Scripture or some passage of Scripture by explaining it as tropes or figurative language; an adherent of Reformed (non-Lutheran) Protestantism. Hence (more generally): a Protestant. See "tropic". Now historical.

  • 2A person who uses tropes or metaphors.

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Norton. From trope + -ist, in sense 1 after post-classical Latin tropista.

 
 
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