Algonquinist

English

Noun

Algonquinist (plural Algonquinists)

1. Alternative form of Algonquianist
   • 1945, George R. Stewart, Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States, reprint edition, New York Review of Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 451:

     Connecticut. My statement that the second c has never been pronounced is, of course, beyond proof. […] As with so many other points, this should be investigated by a competent Algonquinist.

   • 1945, John M. Cooper, “Tête-de-Boule Cree”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 11, number 1, University of Chicago Press, →ISSN, page 36:

     The purpose of the present brief communication is to set down the more significant of this supporting evidence and to call attention to certain features of the Tête-de-Boule dialect which may be of interest to Algonquinists.

   • c. 1960, The Totem Pole, volumes 43-45, Detroit: Aboriginal Research Club, →OCLC, page 10:

     Some may not see exactly eye to eye on the meaning of Michilimackinac, Michigan, and other moot names, but all Algonquinists concur on the meaning of Mississippi.

   • 2005, David L. Gold, “Disquisitiunculae Philologicae”, in Gyula Decsy, editor, Eurasian Studies Yearbook, volume 77, Eurolingua, →ISSN, pages 57–58:

     Given the little that is known about Virginia Algonquin, we may never learn anything more about Pocahontas's names.
     Non omnes doctores. The only people entitled to speculate here are Algonquinists.

Usage notes

As Algonquian refers to the language family, and Algonquin to one particular language belonging to this family, it may be considered inaccurate to use Algonquinist to refer to an expert on the whole family. Nonetheless, it has been used this way, especially in previous decades.