† ghostiten.
Obsolete.
A person who believes in ghosts.In quot. 1911 in white-legged ghostite: a person who believes in a white-legged ghost said to be haunting the area.
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1857 Knickerbocker Oct. 328 A dispute arose..as to the existence of ghosts, which elicited a vast amount of learned argument on either side..and although the ghostites stood toward the anti-ghostites in the ratio of ten to one, this latter party was so obstinate as to refuse to give in.
1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Oct. 2 Here, sir, is an offer for the ghostites.
1911 Grenfell (New S. Wales) Record 1 Nov. There are the white-legged ghostites and the anti-white-legged ghostites, believers and scoffers, and between them opinion runs very high.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021).
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