† ˈbrutist Obs.
[see -ist.]
One who regards or treats men as brutes.
| 1637 Heywood Royal King iii. iii. Wks. 1874 VI. 49 To hire one of those bruitists that make no difference between a gentleman and a beggar. 1680 Baxter Cath. Comm. Pref. A ij b, The Bruitists, who prefer the Bruits, yea, the wildest before Men. 1685 Baxter Paraph. Acts iv. 1 Such Brutists as the Sadducees. |