-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; dramatist; machinist; novelist; realist; socialist; thomist.
-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 s-xist, ageist
word origin
-ist
agent noun suffix, also used to indicate adherence to a certain doctrine or custom, from fr. -iste, from l. -ista, from gk. -istes, from agential suffix -tes. variant -ister (e.g. chorister, barister) is from o.fr. -istre, on false -n-logy of ministre. variant -ista is from sp. form, popularized in eng. 1970s by names of latin-american revolutionary movements.
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