progressist

[ prog-res-ist, -ruh-sistor, especially British proh-gres-ist, -gruh-sist ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1840–50; progress + -ist

From the first he took an important place in the chamber, as one of the most notable orators of the Progressist Republican group.

A few days before the Socialist-Progressist conference met, a clerical social congress had convened at Liège.

His working-men's meeting had been dissolved by a Progressist Burgomaster without any legal justification.

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