From Old French-iste and Latin-ista, from Ancient Greek-Î¹ÏÏÎ®Ï (-istá¸s), from -Î¯Î¶Ï (-Ã­zÅ, â-ize, -ise â, verbal suffix) +â -ÏÎ®Ï (-tá¸s, agent-noun suffix). Pronunciation . IPA : /-Éªst/ (weak vowel merger) IPA : /-Ést/ (with weak-vowel merger) Homophone: -est; Suffix -ist. Added to words to form nouns denoting: a person with a particular creative or academic role; artist, one who makes art. botanist, one who studies plants. psychiatrist, one who practices psychiatry. a person who uses a technological device of some kind; violinist, one who plays a violin. bicyclist, one who rides a bicycle.
Chancellor is a town in Turner County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 264 at the 2010 census.
Gladstone is a city in Clay County, Missouri, founded in 1952 and is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. Like nearby North Kansas City, the city of Gladstone is now completely surrounded by Kansas City. Prior to 1952 this area was known as Linden. The population was 26,365 at the 2000 census.