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Webster 1913 Edition
Progressist
Prog′ress-ist
,Noun.
One who makes, or holds to, progress; a progressionist.
Definition 2024
progressist
progressist
English
Noun
progressist (plural progressists)
- One who makes or supports progress; a progressionist.
- 1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley:
- Gérard Moore, in his double character of semi-foreigner and thoroughgoing progressist, the man most abominated.
- 1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley:
References
- progressist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913