contagionist
English
Etymology
contagion + -ist
Noun
contagionist (plural contagionists)
- One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, such as yellow fever.
Related terms
- anticontagionism
- anticontagionist
- contagionism
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for contagionist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)