Definition of -ist
1 a
:one that performs a (specified) action
- cyclist
- novelist
b
:one that plays a (specified) musical instrument
- harpist
c
:one that operates a (specified) mechanical instrument or contrivance
- automobilist
2
:one that specializes in a (specified) art or science or skill
- geologist
- ventriloquist
3
:one that adheres to or advocates a (specified) doctrine or system or code of behavior
- socialist
- royalist
- hedonist
- Calvinist
- Darwinist
