Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Esperantist

American  
[es-per-ahnt-ist, -ant-ist] / ˌɛs pərˈɑnt ɪst, -ˈænt ɪst /

noun

  1. a person who is skilled or fluent in Esperanto or who promotes its use as a lingua franca.


adjective

  1. promoting the use of Esperanto as a lingua franca.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Schor quotes the Spanish Esperantist Jorge Camacho: “Esperanto continues to give me something . . . which I don’t find anywhere else, an irrational sense of directly belonging to the world.”

From The New Yorker Oct. 24, 2016

“All other ideals or hopes tied with Esperantism by any Esperantist is his or her purely private affair.”

From The New Yorker Oct. 24, 2016

In 1966, Argentine Esperantist Rubén Feldman González founded what’s now Pasporta Servo, a free, Esperanto-speaking Airbnb with more than 1,000 hosts across 90 countries, including Pakistan, Iran, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

From Slate Oct. 4, 2016

He was so bored during his service that he learned Esperanto – he was an active Esperantist for the rest of his life.

From The Guardian Aug. 15, 2012

In this Third Edition of the "Grammar and Commentary" I have again to thank many kind Esperantist friends for assisting me in correcting errors, and for their advice in pointing out desirable alterations and improvements.

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training