[f. ANECDOTE + -IST.] A relater of anecdotes or anecdota.
1837. Carlyle, Diamond Neckl., xvi. To the astonishment of … all Quidnuncs, Journalists, Anecdotists, Satirists.
1850. Merivale, Rom. Emp. (1865), I. viii. 332. A mere invention of the Roman anecdotists.
1855. Kingsley, Glaucus, 161. Waterton and Jesse … are rather anecdotists than systematic or scientific enquirers.
