progressionist
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of progressionist
First recorded in 1840–50; progression + -ist
Example Sentences
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There you will hear a full orchestra of progressionist music, especially trumpets and drums, playing flourishes on Hans Shund.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von
As often as they passed before the residence of a progressionist chieftain, the bands struck up an air, and the crowd cheered lustily.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von
In the new world of our progressionist teachers, it is electricity that is the real motive-power.
From Dreams by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
Near the door of the building in which the voting was to take place stood a number of progressionist gentlemen.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von
This mock pope was not a suggestion of Shund's or of any other inventive progressionist.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von
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