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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who commits an anachronism.

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Examples

  • First, traditional stock valuation is anachronist ic.

    Generation 'Y Me?' Michael Casey Jr. 2011

  • I took this trip on an anachronist tour, back in my wetlife days.

    Mandala « A Fly in Amber 2010

  • He certainly makes a convincing case that every trick in comics has been learned from those early newspaper strips, but it would be foolish and unfair to see that as the extent of Spiegelman's argument, painting him as a curmudgeonly anachronist.

    The Comics Journal Gavin Lees 2010

  • Once again the magical focus character of the film is the leading creative anachronist.

    PeterDavid.net Peter David 2010

  • Glorious (scored by Richard Ayres) finds everyone's favourite anachronist wallowing in a sweaty steampunk-influenced fantasia of gangsters and glory-holes.

    NOW Magazine 2009

  • Glorious (scored by Richard Ayres) finds everyone's favourite anachronist wallowing in a sweaty steampunk-influenced fantasia of gangsters and glory-holes.

    NOW Magazine 2009

  • In my opinion, someone you never heard of! anachronist @ 6: 43 PM Wed, Dec 02, 2009

    Dallas Cowboys 2009

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