"quotationist" meaning in English

See quotationist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kwəʊˈteɪʃənɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quotationist.wav Forms: quotationists [plural]
Etymology: From quotation + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|quotation|ist}} quotation + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} quotationist (plural quotationists)
  1. One who makes, or is given to making, quotations.

Inflected forms

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