Hist. [f. CHARTER sb. + -IST.]
† 1. Eccl. Hist.
1579. J. Field, Calvin’s Serm., Ded. The … olde Charterists, and new Anabaptists, and such as are of the Family of Love.
2. Eng. Hist. = CHARTIST.
1888. E. Peacock, in N. & Q., Ser. VII. VI. 273. Charterist and Charterism were the words commonly used by those with whom I came in contact, in or about the year 1840.
