[f. as prec. + -IST.]
1. A member or supporter of the French Convention of 1792.
1801. Ann. Reg., 1800. 39. The five hundred, animated by the old conventionalists.
1857. O. Brownson, Convert, Wks. V. 94. The daughter of Joubert the Conventionalist.
2. One who follows conventional usage.
1846. in Worcester.
1858. Sat. Rev., V. 562/1. Conventionalists … finding the school of painting too free from convention for their taste.
