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tropist
tropist rare—0. (ˈtrəʊpɪst) [f. as trope n. + -ist; cf. F. tropiste (Calvin, 1560).] a. A member of a sect who interpreted Scripture or some passage of Scripture in the way of trope or metaphor: see tropic n. 3. b. One who deals in tropes or metaphors.1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Tropists, or Tropici, th... Oxford English Dictionary
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▪ I. tropic, n. and a.1 (ˈtrɒpɪk) Forms: 4 tropik, 6 -ycque(-we), -yk(e, 6–7 -ike, -ique, -icke, 6–8 -ick, 7– tropic. [ad. L. tropicus, a. Gr. τροπικός pertaining to the ‘turning’ of the sun at the solstice, tropical (hence as n. (sc. κύκλος circle) the tropic); also, of the nature of a trope, figur... Oxford English Dictionary
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