meritist
/ˈmɛrɪtɪst/rare
noun
A believer in the merit of good works; a person who advocates advancement through merit.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Sheldon (d.?1642). From merit or merit + -ist.
- Landon, Alf
- land (or fall) on one's feet
- Landor, Walter Savage
- landowner
- landownership
- landowning
- land pirate
- landplane
- landrace
- landrail
- land reform
- Land Registry
- Landsat
- landscape
- landscape architect
- landscape architecture
- landscape gardener
- landscape gardening
- landscape history
- landscape painter
- landscape painting
- landscaper
- landscaping
- landscapist
- land scrip