单词 | reunionist |
释义 | reunionist in British English (riːˈjuːnjənɪst) noun a person who desires or works for reunion between the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England Derived forms reunionism (reˈunionism) noun reunionistic (reˌunionˈistic) adjective reunionist in American English (riˈjuːnjənɪst) noun a person who advocates the reunion of the Anglican Church with the Roman Catholic Church Derived forms reunionism noun reunionistic adjective Word origin [1865–70; reunion + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: figure skating, goulash, racism, tick-tack-toe, valence-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, realist |
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