"archaist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: archaists [plural]
Etymology: Either archaic + -ist or archaism + -ist. Etymology templates: {{af|en|archaic|-ist}} archaic + -ist, {{af|en|archaism|-ist}} archaism + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} archaist (plural archaists)
  1. A person who studies archaic things; an antiquary
    Sense id: en-archaist-en-noun-C~GuU8ef
  2. A person who uses archaisms in language Translations (a person who uses archaisms in language): archaista [dated, masculine] (Polish), arcaísta [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-archaist-en-noun-odQYH9tp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of People: 29 71 Disambiguation of 'a person who uses archaisms in language': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: archaistic, pseudoarchaist

Inflected forms

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