bullionist

American  

[bool-yuh-nist] / ˈbʊl yə nɪst /

noun

1. a person who advocates a system in which currency is directly convertible to gold or silver.

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Other Word Forms

• bullionism noun

Etymology

Origin of bullionist

First recorded in 1805–15; bullion + -ist

Example Sentences

Ever since the bank suspension of 1837, I have been a bullionist, and sustained that doctrine in the Senate of the United States, and as Secretary of the Treasury.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

The final outcome of the application of the law of tender was the development of the modern monometallic system—a system in which alone lay the safeguard against the operation of the bullionist.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

The study of those debates made me a bullionist.

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel

The social value theory has not the limitations of the utility theory in dealing with such cases, nor is it tied to a metallist or bullionist interpretation.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.