mergist

plural mergists

1. Someone who generally favors merging.

   Transideological thinking is beginning to blossom and an amorphous zone is emerging despite the presence of sub-mergists and divergists.

   1993, Theodore D. Weinshall, Societal Culture and Management, page 153

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   The question is most often asked by the "mergists" — people who are lot unfriendly to the AFT, who would like to see the AFT and the hJEA's Department of Classroom Teachers merged into a unified organization, and who see the labor affiliation as a stumbling block.

   1965, The Education Digest, volume 31, page 19

1. A surname.