"cultist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌltɪst/ Forms: cultists [plural]
Etymology: cult + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cult|ist}} cult + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} cultist (plural cultists)
  1. A member of a cult. Categories (topical): People Derived forms: counter-cultist, death cultist, Qultist Translations (member of a cult): sektano (Esperanto), sectateur [masculine] (French), сектант (sektant) [masculine] (Russian), sectario [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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