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Webster 1913 Edition

(-tĭst)

Noun.

[From

A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government.

[Obs.]

Statists

indeed,
And lovers of their country.

Milton.

A statistician.

Fawcett.

Noun.

[from state.] A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government.

Statists indeed, and lovers of their country. [Not now used.]