progressist
English
Etymology
progress + -ist
Noun
progressist (plural progressists)
- One who makes or supports progress; a progressionist.
- 1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley:
- Gérard Moore, in his double character of semi-foreigner and thoroughgoing progressist, the man most abominated.
- 1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley:
References
- progressist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.