summarist|ˈsʌmərɪst| [f. summary n. + -ist.] One who compiles a summary. 1873F. Hall Mod.Eng. 311 Among our myriad of substantives like the foregoing are..socialist, somnambulist, summarist.1883Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Sept. 4/2 The summarist of literary history.