trialist
UK/ˈtɹaɪəlɪst/
trialist noun: an advocate of trialism, especially with reference to the proposed creation of a state comprising Austria, Hungary, and a Slavic region.
Noun (1)
trialist (plural trialists)
Adjective
trialist (not comparable)
- Involving three elements; especially, pertaining to a potential state comprising Austria, Hungary, and a Slavic region.
- Only if Bosnia-Herzegovina were fully annexed to the empire would it be possible eventually to incorporate it into the structure of a reformed trialist monarchy.2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 84
Noun (2)
trialist (plural trialists)
- A person who takes part in a clinical trial, especially as a researcher.
- The balance of expertise and authority between research subjects and triallists is profoundly changed, raising questions about the limits of voluntarism and differing perspectives on risk—benefit analysis.2001, LeRoy Walters and Tamar Joy Kahn (eds.), Bibliography of Bioethics, Washington, DC: Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Volume 27, p. 48
- Having completed their trial, the trialists should ensure that they discuss it in the context of a systematic review of related studies.2002, Mike Clarke, “The importance of The Cochrane Controlled Trials Register to people doing and interpreting randomised trials” in Lelia Duley and Barbara Farrell (eds.), Clinical Trials, London...
- A person who tries a product for the first time (as opposed to a regular purchaser); a person who participates in the trial of a new product.
- models of stationary market conditions slightly underestimate the amount of once-only purchasing by brand trialists1986, John Philip Jones, chapter 5, in What’s in a Name? Advertising and the Concept of Brands, Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, page 123
- 90 per cent of profit is said to come from repeat purchasers and the rest from triallists1995, Louella Miles, Perfect Marketing, London: Arrow Business, Chapter 8, p. 56
- An athlete who participates in a trial (competition to select players for a team); a person who enters a dog (especially a sheepdog) in a competition.
- The following Saturday morning, with other members of the committee, I was on the touchline observing the trialists in action. It was a very good trial, with plenty of exciting talent on view.1998, Bill Samuel, chapter 7, in Rugby: Body and Soul, Edinburgh: Mainstream, page 88
- Event I, the long head […] ends with the hold: sheep at a standstill in a 20-metre ring and held there, with the dog and triallist balanced on either side.1998, John Gordon, Three Sheep and a Dog, Auckland: Reed, Chapter 8, p. 107
- A person standing trial in a court of law, especially one of a group of defendants in a high-profile case.
- his mediation efforts, even in Africa, have not always proved successful—perhaps most notably in negotiating Mobutu’s departure from the former Zaire, and with respect to the Ogoni triallists in Nigeria under Sani Abacha’s dictatorship1999, David Simon, “From Mandela to Mbeki”, in J. E. Spence, editor, After Mandela, London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, page 94
- Mandela’s fellow treason trialist, the feisty Helen Joseph, was the first person to be placed under house arrest.2006, Christina Scott, Nelson Mandela: A Force for Freedom, New York: Gramercy Books, Chapter 5, p. 71
Forms of trialist
| plural | trialists |
|---|---|
| alternative form | triallist |
Origin of trialist
From trial (“three”) + -ist.
From trial (“test; experiment; court proceedings”) + -ist.
Words formed from trialist
Questions about trialist
- What does trialist mean?
- Trialist means an advocate of trialism, especially with reference to the proposed creation of a state comprising Austria, Hungary, and a Slavic region.
- What part of speech is trialist?
- Trialist can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce trialist?
- Trialist is pronounced /ˈtɹaɪəlɪst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of trialist?
- The plural of trialist is trialists.
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