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n. [ Gr. chei`r hand + &unr_;; &unr_;, foot. ] One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, one who removes corns and bunions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A codifier; a maker of codes. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. mélodiste. ] A composer or singer of melodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. méthodiste. See Method. ] 1. One who observes method. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Theol.) One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the “Holy Club, ” formed at Oxford University, a. d. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact observance of religious duties; -- sometimes so called in contempt or ridicule. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to methodists, or to the Methodists. -- Meth`o*dis"tic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who follows the fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Mode; cf. Modist. ] One, esp. a woman, who makes, or deals in, articles of fashion, esp. of the fashionable dress of ladies; a dress-maker or milliner. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A writer of a monody. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of an ode or odes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. parodiste. ] One who writes a parody; one who parodies. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in prosody. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sings sacred songs; a psalmist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Rhapsody. ] 1. Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, one who recites or sings poems for a livelihood; one who makes and repeats verses extempore. [ 1913 Webster ]

The same populace sit for hours listening to rhapsodists who recite Ariosto. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adherent to a synod. [ 1913 Webster ]

These synodists thought fit in Latin as yet to veil their decrees from vulgar eyes. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]