figurist
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editfigurist (plural figurists)
- (Christianity, historical) A proponent of figurism.
- One who uses or interprets figurative expressions.
- 1740, Daniel Waterland, A brief historical account of the primitive invocation […] :
- the whole Church of Egypt condemned the Figurist's Doctrine in Origen whom they through Mistake supposed did hold it
- (art) An artist who produces figures (representations of people, animals, etc.).
References
edit“figurist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French figuriste.
Noun
editfigurist m (plural figuriști)
Declension
editDeclension of figurist
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) figurist | figuristul | (niște) figuriști | figuriștii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) figurist | figuristului | (unor) figuriști | figuriștilor |
| vocative | figuristule | figuriștilor | ||
References
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- English terms suffixed with -ist
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Christianity
- English terms with historical senses
- English terms with quotations
- en:Art
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns