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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-ist, suffix. - -ist forms nouns usually corresponding to verbs ending in -ize and nouns ending in -ism, and referring to a person who practices or is concerned with something:novel + -ist → novelist (= someone writing a novel);terrorist (= one who practices terrorism, one who terrorizes).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-ist, - 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 certain principles, doctrines, etc.:apologist; machinist;novelist;realist;
socialist;
Thomist.Cf. -ism, -istic, -ize.
- Greek, as above
- Greek -istēs; in some words, representing French -iste, German -ist, Italian -ista, etc., Latin
- Latin -ista
- Middle English -iste
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ist suffix - (forming nouns) a person who performs a certain action or is concerned with something specified: motorist, soloist
- (forming nouns) a person who practises in a specific field: physicist, typist
- (forming nouns and adjectives) a person who advocates a particular doctrine, system, etc, or relating to such a person or the doctrine advocated: socialist
- (forming nouns and adjectives) a person characterized by a specified trait, tendency, etc, or relating to such a person or trait: purist
- (forming nouns and adjectives) a person who is prejudiced on the basis specified: sexist, ageist
Etymology: via Old French from Latin -ista, -istēs, from Greek -istēs |