[f. ALTRUISM: see -IST. Cf. Fr. altruiste adj.] One who professes the principles of altruism.
1868. Nettleship, Browning’s Poetry, vi. 167. His development as a great altruist.
1881. Daily News, 27 Aug., 5/1. If they were thorough altruists a sweet reasonableness would induce them to avoid inflicting the distress they now so frequently cause.
