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populist
CIDE DICTIONARY
populist, n. [L. populus people + -ist.].
A member of the People's party. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
populist, n. & adj.
--n. a member or adherent of a political party seeking support mainly from the ordinary people.
--adj. of or relating to such a political party.
--n. a member or adherent of a political party seeking support mainly from the ordinary people.
--adj. of or relating to such a political party.
Derivative
populism n. populistic adj.
Etymology
L populus people
DEVIL DICTIONARY
populist
n. A fossil patriot of the early agricultural period, found in the old red soapstone underlying Kansas; characterized by an uncommon spread of ear, which some naturalists contend gave him the power of flight, though Professors Morse and Whitney, pursuing independent lines of thought, have ingeniously pointed out that had he possessed it he would have gone elsewhere. In the picturesque speech of his period, some fragments of which have come down to us, he was known as "The Matter with Kansas."For further exploring for "populist" in Webster Dictionary Online
