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hydrophobist|haɪˈdrɒfəbɪst|
[f. hydrophobia + -ist.]
1. One who treats cases of hydrophobia.
1855W. White Suffolk Direct. 740 Underwood Dan, Farmer and Hydrophobist.
2. One who has a dread of or aversion to water.
1840Blackw. Mag. XLVIII. 215 A learned hydrophobist addressing himself to those whom he styles the Antichristian Sect, vulgarly and illiterately calling themselves tea-totalers. 1898Voice (N.Y.) 31 Mar. 4/1 The hydrophobists who hurled whisky bottles against the sides of the Kentucky, as she was launcht. |