Definitions

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  • noun field hockey Someone who plays hockey
  • noun Someone interested in hockey.

Etymologies

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hockey +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • Just as Votto said he was inspired by the 1997 NL MVP triumph of Larry Walker, another failed hockeyist from Maple Ridge, B.C., perhaps a younger generation will see the possibilities in Votto's landmark season.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Dave Feschuk 2010

  • Make no mistake - Stephen Harper is trying to turn himself into the hockeyist Prime Minister in the history of ever - and it's starting to bug me.

    Progressive Bloggers 2009

  • Make no mistake - Stephen Harper is trying to turn himself into the hockeyist Prime Minister in the history of ever - and it's starting to bug me.

    Progressive Bloggers 2009

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