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processionist

processionist noun: a person who marches in a procession.

Noun

processionist (plural processionists)

  1. (India) A person who marches in a procession.
    • And here also, just outside the Imambara, near the wayside shrine of a local saint, was a busy fair—where the mourning of the processionists intermingled with the festive excitement of people buying or selling knick-knacks and holy pictures […]1993, Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy, New York: HarperPerennial, published 1994, Part Fifteen, p. 1144

Forms of processionist

pluralprocessionists

Origin of processionist

From procession + -ist.

Questions about processionist

What does processionist mean?
Processionist means a person who marches in a procession.
What part of speech is processionist?
Processionist is a noun.
What is the plural of processionist?
The plural of processionist is processionists.

Words near processionist in the dictionary

  1. processioner
  2. processioners
  3. processioning
  4. processionings
  5. processionism
  6. processionist
  7. processionists
  8. processionize
  9. processionized
  10. processionizes
  11. processionizing

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