Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who classifies or arranges in categories.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who inserts in a category or list; one who classifies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
categorizes .
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Examples
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Strictly speaking, Swedenborg's revelation is a confounding of planes, -- a capital offence in so learned a categorist.
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Strictly speaking, Swedenborg's revelation is a confounding of planes, -- a capital offence in so learned a categorist.
Representative Men Ralph Waldo Emerson 1842
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Swedenborg’s revelation is a confounding of planes, — a capital offence in so learned a categorist.
Representative Men 2006
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