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cerealist|ˈsɪəriːəlɪst|
[f. cereal n. + -ist.]
1. One who advocates a cereal diet.
1905Daily Chron. 7 Aug. 4/5 Cerealists preach absolute abstention from pheasant, turbot, and turtle.
2. One who makes a special study of cereals and the conditions necessary for their cultivation.
1907L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Agric. II. 663/2 Cerealists as well as practical producers of grains. 1920Glasgow Herald 29 Sept. 9 The present year's wheat yield is nothing of which to boast, but it relieves the apprehensions of cerealists. 1924Ibid. 13 Sept. 6 Dr. Saunders had been the Dominion cerealist. |