antiquist

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

antique +‎ -ist

Noun

antiquist (plural antiquists)

  1. An antiquary; a collector of antiques.
    • 1784, John Pinkerton, An Essay on Medals
      For the ineffable delight which the sheer antiquist takes in any rusty commodity

Translations
antiquary — see antiquary

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for antiquist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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