progressist

English

Etymology

progress +‎ -ist

Noun

progressist (plural progressists)

  1. 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.

References
  • progressist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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