[f. CUE sb.3 + -IST.] One skilled in the use of a cue: an appellation of a billiard-player.
1870. A. Steinmetz, Gaming Table, II. 153. Perhaps the extraordinary performances of some of the first-class cueists have stirred up the shades of Kentfield’s days.
1891. Doncaster Chron., 2 Jan., 5/6. The cueist showed wonderful manipulation.
