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vulgarist

vulgarist noun: one who supports the use of the common or less formal variety of a language.

Noun

vulgarist (plural vulgarists)

  1. One who supports the use of the common or less formal variety of a language.

Forms of vulgarist

pluralvulgarists

Origin of vulgarist

From vulgar + -ist.

Questions about vulgarist

What does vulgarist mean?
Vulgarist means one who supports the use of the common or less formal variety of a language.
What part of speech is vulgarist?
Vulgarist is a noun.
What is the plural of vulgarist?
The plural of vulgarist is vulgarists.

Words near vulgarist in the dictionary

  1. vulgarises
  2. vulgarish
  3. vulgarising
  4. vulgarism
  5. vulgarisms
  6. vulgarist
  7. vulgarists
  8. vulgarities
  9. vulgarity
  10. vulgarization
  11. vulgarizations

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