nonce-wd. [f. KITE sb. + -IST.] One skilled in flying kites.

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1844.  P. Parley’s Ann., V. 313. The great kitist turned to the boys who held her … alleging … that they held her too tight.

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1869.  Brooklyn Union, 8 March, 4/3. A ‘Kitist’ Arrested.—A youngster named Philip Mason violated an ordinance on Saturday by flying a kite in Sands street.

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