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mergist

mergist noun: someone who generally favors merging.

Noun

mergist (plural mergists)

  1. Someone who generally favors merging.
    • The question is most often asked by the "mergists" — people who are lot unfriendly to the AFT, who would like to see the AFT and the hJEA's Department of Classroom Teachers merged into a unified organization, and who see the labor affiliation as a stumbling block.1965, The Education Digest, volume 31, page 19
    • Transideological thinking is beginning to blossom and an amorphous zone is emerging despite the presence of sub-mergists and divergists.1993, Theodore D. Weinshall, Societal Culture and Management, page 153

Proper noun capitalized: Mergist

Mergist

  1. A surname.

Forms of mergist

pluralmergists

Origin of mergist

From merge + -ist.

Questions about mergist

What does mergist mean?
Mergist means someone who generally favors merging.
What part of speech is mergist?
Mergist can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of mergist?
The plural of mergist is mergists.

Words near mergist in the dictionary

  1. merging
  2. mergings
  3. mergirl
  4. mergirls
  5. mergism
  6. mergist
  7. mergists
  8. merguard
  9. merguards
  10. merguez
  11. Mergui

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