[f. CIDER + -IST.] One who makes cider; a connoisseur in cider.
1664. Evelyn, Pomona, Gen. Advt. (1729), 101. A Nobleman tasting of a Bottle … himself a great ciderist, protested the excellency of it.
1669. Worlidge, Syst. Agric. (1681), 323. A Ciderist, one that deals in Cider, or an affecter of Cider.
1685. (title) The Compleat Planter and Cyderist.
1807. Vancouver, Agric. Devon (1813), 237. Objects of the first importance with all good ciderists.
