What does "esperantist" mean?

A specialist or speaker of Esperanto, the international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof.

What is a synonym for "esperantist"?

Common synonyms include: esperantic, esperantophone, esperantophone.

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A specialist or speaker of Esperanto, the international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof.
"A growing number of Esperantists all over the world are using the services of the U. E. A."

Adjective

1
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto. not-comparable
"Underlying every Esperanto enthusiast is the Esperantist ideal that the world would be a better place if everyone could understand each other better."

"I became esperantist a few years ago."

Calque of Esperanto esperantisto. Equivalent to Esperanto + -ist.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.