-ist

American  

1. a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certain principles, doctrines, etc..

   apologist; dramatist; machinist; novelist; realist; socialist; Thomist.

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-ist British  

suffix

1. (forming nouns) a person who performs a certain action or is concerned with something specified

   motorist

   soloist

2. (forming nouns) a person who practises in a specific field

   physicist

   typist

3. (forming nouns and adjectives) a person who advocates a particular doctrine, system, etc, or relating to such a person or the doctrine advocated

   socialist

4. (forming nouns and adjectives) a person characterized by a specified trait, tendency, etc, or relating to such a person or trait

   purist

5. (forming nouns and adjectives) a person who is prejudiced on the basis specified

   sexist

   ageist

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Etymology

Origin of -ist

Middle English -iste < Latin -ista < Greek -istēs; in some words, representing French -iste, German -ist, Italian -ista, etc., ≪ Latin < Greek, as above

Example Sentences

Prasenjit Mitra, professor in the College of IST and Zhang's graduate adviser; Rui Zhang, assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Zhang's graduate co-adviser; and Yusen Zhang, doctoral student in the College of Engineering -- all from Penn State -- and Wu Guo, with the Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University in China, contributed to this research.

From Science Daily

"The flexibility is enormous," says Bernardo Malaca, a doctoral student at IST and the study's primary author.

From Science Daily

IST, not too far from its record low of 83.29 hit in October 2022.

From Reuters

IST after the special session.

From Reuters

Shortly after sunset, at about 6:55 pm IST on June 2, Coromandel Express and Howrah Superfast Express were moving on parallel tracks in opposite directions, with neither of them scheduled to stop at the station.

From Reuters