[f. AUTONOMY: see -IST.] An advocate of autonomy. Also attrib.
1865. Pall Mall Gaz., 25 Nov., 4. The priests and so-called autonomists and Liberal Conservatives [sat] on the right [in the Croatian Diet].
1871. Daily News, 5 Jan., 6/5. The provincial Landtags are of course the centre of autonomist resistance.
