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Chartist
adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Relating to Chartism. historical, not-comparable
"As to the Chartist agitation, there is this to be said of it, that it was thoroughly a working-class movement, and it was caused by the simplest and most powerful of all causes—hunger."
Noun
- 1 A financial analyst who attempts to predict future movements in the prices of shares or other financial instruments by looking for patterns in charts of historical data.
- 2 A supporter of the Chartism reform movement in the United Kingdom. historical
"There to be a real blessing, raising new corn for us, purchasing new webs and hatchets from us; leaving us at least in peace; instead of staying here to be a physical-force Chartist, unblessed and no blessing!"
- 3 a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities wordnet
- 4 a 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From chart + -ist.
Etymology 2
From chart(er) + -ist, see Chartism.
Etymology 3
From chart(er) + -ist, see Chartism.
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