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CHARTIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities
Synonyms:
chartist; technical analyst
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chartist" is a kind of...):
market analyst (an analyst of conditions affecting a market (especially the stock market))
Derivation:
chart (a visual display of information)
chart (represent by means of a graph)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Chartist" is a kind of...):
crusader; meliorist; reformer; reformist; social reformer (a disputant who advocates reform)
Derivation:
Chartism (the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people)