[f. SOLAR a. + -IST.] One who holds the theory of solar myths, esp. to an excessive degree.
1885. Standard, 30 Oct., 3/1. The use made by the solarists of far-fetched etymologies.
1895. Max Müller, Chips, IV. Pref. p. xiii. I have been represented again and again … as a Solarist, as teaching that the whole of mythology is solar.
