Meaning of metallist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who works with metals.
2. An advocate of metal coinage as the principal or sole currency.
3. A metaller: a fan of the metal music genre.

Equivalents

Examples

“No economist, with the possible exception of the most doctrinaire metallists, have⟳ ever expressed any other opinion. --American Economic Review⟳ (1938) 28, p. 316”

“While not all Jacksonians were Metallists, or vice versa, the Jacksonian Metallists sought to purge the currency of small bank notes and replace⟳ them with gold and silver coins. --Exploring Economic History (1974) 11, p. 228”

“The authors argue⟳ that Ricardo, unlike Marx, was no ‘metallist’, that is, he never applied the labour theory of value to the monetary metal to determine⟳ the general price level. --Economic Journal (1991) 101, p. 407”

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