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Legalist

//ˈli.ɡəl.ɪst// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or related to legalism, in its various senses.
Noun
  1. 1
    One who adheres to legalism, in its various senses.

    "“Don’t say anything! Oh, don’t say anything,” cried the atheist cobbler, dancing about in an ecstasy of admiration of the English legal system. For no man is such a legalist as the good Secularist."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From legal + -ist. Piecewise doublet of loyalist.

Etymology 2

From legal + -ist. Piecewise doublet of loyalist.

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