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BIMETALLIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bimetallist mean?
• BIMETALLIST (noun)
The noun BIMETALLIST has 1 sense:
1. an advocate of bimetallism
Familiarity information: BIMETALLIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An advocate of bimetallism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("bimetallist" is a kind of...):
monetarist (an advocate of the theory that economic fluctuations are caused by increases or decreases in the supply of money)
Derivation:
bimetallism (a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by stated amounts of two metals (usually gold and silver) with values set at a predetermined ratio)
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