demoticist
(diːˈmɒtɪsɪst)
[f. demotic a. 1 + -ist.]
A student, user, or advocate of demotic script or speech. Also deˈmotist.
| 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 726/2 Though demotic has not yet received serious attention at Berlin, the influence of that great school has made itself felt amongst demotists, especially in Switzerland, Germany, America, and England. 1911 Year's Work Class. Stud. 188 The use made in the syntax of the writings of the modern demoticists..is..quite fresh and very interesting. 1936 Trans. Philol. Soc. 50 It is very difficult to get on without them [sc. phrases from the purified language], as is admitted even by many of the present-day demoticists. 1964 J. T. Pring in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 358 Most of the advocates of revised orthography have been demoticists. |