Randite

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Randian (“a follower of Ayn Rand”).
  2. 2
    A member of the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit global policy think tank.

    "I also acknowledge the many scores of individuals—fellow RANDites, professional colleagues, personal friends, acquaintances—who collectively formed the milieu in which both my career and I were embedded, shaped, influenced, and evolved."

  3. 3
    A native or inhabitant of the Rand in South Africa.

Example

More examples

"I also acknowledge the many scores of individuals—fellow RANDites, professional colleagues, personal friends, acquaintances—who collectively formed the milieu in which both my career and I were embedded, shaped, influenced, and evolved."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Rand + -ite.

Etymology 2

From RAND + -ite.

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