a person who advocates a system in which currency is directly convertible to gold or silver
Derived forms
bullionism
noun
Word origin
[1805–15; bullion + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1805–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: diminishing returns, makeup, one-sided, phase, polarization-ist is a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certainprinciples, doctrines, etc. Other words that use the affix -ist include: apologist, dramatist, machinist, novelist, socialist