rare. [f. ANTIQUE + -IST.] † a. An antiquary (obs.). b. A collector or connoisseur of antiques.
1784. Pinkerton, Medals, II. § 19 (1808), 117 (R.). A radical error of such poor antiquists as Scotland … has hitherto produced.
1856. Smyth, Rom. Fam. Coins, Introd. 28. These ‘finds’ have made many antiquists.
