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Webster 1913 Edition
Realist
Re′al-ist
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
réaliste
.] 1.
(Philos.)
One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists.
Webster 1828 Edition
Realist
RE'ALIST
,Noun.