syllogist
(ˈsɪlədʒɪst)
[f. syllogism or syllogize: see -ist.]
One who reasons by syllogisms; one versed in syllogism.
| 1799 J. Scott Bahar-Danush I ii. 13 As the syllogists of deep judgment, [he was] skilled in eloquence. 1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. IV. 219 They come again a posteriori to the usage which an a priori syllogist had exploded. 1836 Landor Pericles & Asp. cxcvi. Wks. 1846 II. 436/2 It is only since the departure of the sedate unostentatious Anaxagoras, that syllogists have snapped their fingers at experiment. |