hydrophobist
(haɪˈdrɒfəbɪst)
[f. hydrophobia + -ist.]
1. One who treats cases of hydrophobia.
| 1855 W. White Suffolk Direct. 740 Underwood Dan, Farmer and Hydrophobist. |
2. One who has a dread of or aversion to water.
| 1840 Blackw. Mag. XLVIII. 215 A learned hydrophobist addressing himself to those whom he styles the Antichristian Sect, vulgarly and illiterately calling themselves tea-totalers. 1898 Voice (N.Y.) 31 Mar. 4/1 The hydrophobists who hurled whisky bottles against the sides of the Kentucky, as she was launcht. |