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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

tropiste

. See

One who deals in tropes;

specifically,

one who avoids the literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.

Noun.

[from trope.] One who explains the Scriptures by tropes and figures of speech; one who deals in tropes.

tropist ‎(plural tropists)

One who deals in tropes.
One who avoids the literal meaning of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.
Alternative form of troper