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metallist

American  
[met-l-ist] / ˈmɛt l ɪst /

noun

  1. a variant of metalist.


metallist British  
/ ˈmɛtəlɪst /

noun

  1. a person who works with metals

  2. a person who advocates a system of currency based on a metal, such as gold or silver

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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.

"Yet he has spelled chappelling, bordeller, medallist, metalline, metallist, metallize, clavellated, &c. with ll, contrary to his rule."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

If you cannot buy one so small, get one made by some working jeweller or metallist.

From Black Bass Where to catch them in quantity within an hour's ride from New York by Bradford, Charles Barker

Knapp finds a good many phenomena in the history of money for which the quantity theory, and the metallist theory, can give no explanation.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.