English Explanatory Dictionary

tropist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who uses or deals in tropes.
  2. One who avoids the literal meaning of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.

Word forms

tropist tropists

Etymology

From trope + -ist. Compare French tropiste.

Synonyms

troper
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