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legalists

legalists is the plural of legalist.

Meaning of legalist

Noun

legalist (plural legalists)

  1. One who adheres to legalism, in its various senses.
    • “Don’t say anything! Oh, don’t say anything,” cried the atheist cobbler, dancing about in an ecstasy of admiration of the English legal system. For no man is such a legalist as the good Secularist.1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Hammer of God”, in The Innocence of Father Brown

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Questions about legalists

What is legalists the plural of?
Legalists is the plural of legalist.

Words near legalists in the dictionary

  1. legalisms
  2. legalist
  3. legalistic
  4. legalistically
  5. legalistics
  6. legalists
  7. legalitarian
  8. legalitarianism
  9. legalitarians
  10. legalities
  11. legality

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