Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conventionist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-ven-tion-ist
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.

noun

One who supports a convention or assembly.

Example Sentences

"It must needs be a hostile kind of a world, when the buyer (if it be but of a sorry post-chaise) cannot go forth with the seller thereof into the street to terminate the difference betwixt them, but he instantly falls into the same frame of mind and views his conventionist with the same sort of eye, as if he was going along with him to Hyde park corner to fight a duel."

Etymology

From convention + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: convention

Inflected Forms

conventionists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

conventioner conventionism

Questions

What does conventionist mean?: One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.
Where does conventionist come from?: From convention + -ist.

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