rare. [f. L. vigor VIGOUR sb. + -IST.] One who acts with vigor or energy, or who advocates vigorous action.
1807. Syd. Smith, Lett. Catholics, viii. An addition of polemics … which must highly gratify the vigorists, and give them an ample opportunity of displaying that foolish energy upon which their claims to distinction are founded.
1901. Daily News, 2 March, 6/1. A repulsive study of the younger vigorist who replaces the old Abbé.
