[1880–85, Amer.; cornet + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barnstorm, interface, irredentist, quotation mark, regionalism-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: Thomist, apologist, machinist, novelist, socialist