progressist

English

Etymology

progress +‎ -ist

Noun

progressist (plural progressists)

1. Synonym of progressionist (“one who makes or supports progress”)
   • 1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley:

     Gérard Moore, in his double character of semi-foreigner and thoroughgoing progressist, the man most abominated.

2. Synonym of progressionist (“one who holds that all life forms gradually evolve to a higher form”)

References

• “progressist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.