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tulipist

tulipist noun: a cultivator of tulips.

Noun

tulipist (plural tulipists)

  1. (archaic) A cultivator of tulips.
    • [T]he Ingenuous delight of Tulipiſts, ſtands ſaluted vvith hard language, even by their ovvn Profeſſors.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...

Forms of tulipist

pluraltulipists

Origin of tulipist

From tulip + -ist.

Questions about tulipist

What does tulipist mean?
Tulipist means a cultivator of tulips.
What part of speech is tulipist?
Tulipist is a noun.
What is the plural of tulipist?
The plural of tulipist is tulipists.

Words near tulipist in the dictionary

  1. tulipanin
  2. Tulipano
  3. tulipant
  4. tulipants
  5. tulipiform
  6. tulipist
  7. tulipists
  8. tuliplike
  9. tulipmania
  10. tulipomania
  11. tulipomaniac

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