constitutionalist

English

Etymology

From constitutional +‎ -ist.

Noun

constitutionalist (plural constitutionalists)

1. A person who adheres to the philosophy of constitutionalism.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 248:

     It was now getting late, and Mr. Morland summoned them to depart; for he was a constitutionalist in the best sense of the word. It was his own constitution to which he attended.

2. A person who is expert in constitutional law.

Derived terms

• anticonstitutionalist

 

Related terms

• constitutionalism
• constitutionality

Translations

who adheres to constitutionalism

• French: constitutionnaliste (fr) m or f
• Galician: constitucionalista m or f
• German: Konstitutionalist m, Konstitutionalistin f
• Italian: costituzionalista (it) m or f
• Persian: مشروطه‌گرا (mašrute-garâ), مشروطه‌چی (mašruteči), مشروطه‌طلب (mašrute-talab), مشروطه‌خواه (mašrute-xâh)
• Polish: konstytucjonalista (pl)
• Portuguese: constitucionalista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: constituționalist (ro) m
• Spanish: constitucionalista m or f
• Turkish: anayasacı (tr)

who is specialist in constitutional law

• French: constitutionnaliste (fr) m or f
• Galician: constitucionalista m or f
• German: Verfassungsrechtler m, Verfassungsrechtlerin f
• Italian: costituzionalista (it) m or f
• Polish: konstytucjonalista (pl)
• Portuguese: constitucionalista (pt) m or f
• Spanish: constitucionalista m or f

Adjective

constitutionalist (comparative more constitutionalist, superlative most constitutionalist)

1. Of or relating to constitutionalism or its adherents.