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Definition of Tropists
1. tropist [n] - See also: tropist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tropists
Literary usage of Tropists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Your Sister's Keeper (who is It?): That Question and Other Questions by John Strongwil (1912)
"... our "philan- tropists" too severely. The court records show a penalty of three
years in the penitentiary to a starving man for stealing a chicken. ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"While allo- tropists have made certain changes in the theoretical presentation
of their case, yet, as it is generally understood, those representing this ..."
3. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1898)
"with the facts observed, and because it seems a fair ground upon which to oppose
a theory like that put forward by the allo- tropists, which is entirely ..."
4. The Underground Railroad by William M. Mitchell (1860)
"The suggestion having 'been cordially sanctioned by many well-known philan-
tropists, it is hoped that by their aid and that of others, the little work will ..."
5. The Reformed Quarterly Review by Thomas G. Apple (1893)
"To the tropists he concedes that bread and wine are symbols, but he objects to
the idea of the absence of Christ in heaven. They are symbols of a really ..."
6. Our Brethren of the Tenements and the Ghetto by Mary J. McKenna (1899)
"... draw out a visitor in order to learn whether anything can or cannot be made
out of her. The tenement districts are the fields where the philan- tropists ..."
7. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1857)
"... divested of the plague spots which the labours of philan- tropists have laid
bare and done much to remove—for London, natural London, is probably second ..."
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