"gallerist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gallerists [plural]
Etymology: gallery + -ist, possibly by analogy with artist, or influenced by French galeriste; compare German Galerist. Attested since 1962, popular in US since 2000s. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gallery|ist}} gallery + -ist, {{m|en|artist}} artist, {{uder|en|fr|galeriste}} French galeriste, {{cog|de|Galerist}} German Galerist Head templates: {{en-noun}} gallerist (plural gallerists)
  1. The owner or operator of an art gallery Categories (topical): People Synonyms: art dealer Translations (the owner or operator of an art gallery): galerista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), galeréssta (Emilian), galleristi (Finnish), galeriste [feminine, masculine] (French), galerista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Galerist [masculine] (German), Galeristin [feminine] (German), γκαλερίστας (gkalerístas) (Greek), gallerista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), galerista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), галери́ст (galeríst) [masculine] (Russian), галери́стка (galerístka) [feminine] (Russian), галере́йщик (galeréjščik) [masculine] (Russian), галере́йщица (galeréjščica) [feminine] (Russian), galerista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)

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