tulipist

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noun

A cultivator of tulips.

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Meanings

nountulipist (plural tulipists)

plural tulipists

  1. archaicA cultivator of tulips.

    [T]he Ingenuous delight of Tulipiſts, ſtands ſaluted vvith hard language, even by their ovvn Profeſſors.

    1658, Thomas Browne, “To My Worthy and Honored Friend Nicholas Bacon of Gillingham [i.e., Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Gillingham] Esquire”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC

Origin

From tulip + -ist.

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APA

tulipist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tulipist

MLA

“tulipist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tulipist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tulipist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tulipist.

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