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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

théoriste

One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation; a speculatist.

Cowper.

The greatest

theoretists

have given the preference to such a government as that which obtains in this kingdom.

Addison.

Noun.

One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation.

The greatest theorists have given the preference to such a government as that of this kingdom.