tulipist

English

Etymology

From tulip +‎ -ist.

Noun

tulipist (plural tulipists)

1. (archaic) A cultivator of tulips.
   • 1658, Thomas Browne, “To My Worthy and Honored Friend Nicholas Bacon of Gillingham [i.e., Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Gillingham] Esquire”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC:

     [T]he Ingenuous delight of Tulipiſts, ſtands ſaluted vvith hard language, even by their ovvn Profeſſors.

References

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