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-ist

  1. a person who does, makes, or practices (the thing specified): words so formed correspond to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism: moralist, satirist
  2. a person skilled in or occupied with; an expert in: druggist, violinist
  3. an adherent of or believer in: anarchist
  4. a person having or displaying prejudice related to: ageist

forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -ism or -ist: Darwinist, escapist, ageist

See -ist in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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