单词 | -ist |
释义 | -ist suffix forming personal nouns (and in some senses related adjectives) denoting:   1. an adherent of a system etc. in - ism: see -ISM 2 (Marxist; fatalist).   2. a a member of a profession (pathologist). b a person concerned with something (tobacconist).   3. a person who uses a thing (violinist; balloonist; motorist).   4. a person who does something expressed by a verb in -ize (plagiarist).   5. a person who subscribes to a prejudice or practises discrimination (racist; sexist). Etymology: OF -iste, L -ista f. Gk -istes |
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