Definition of "humanist" in English

noun

1. A scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities.

2. A person who believes in the philosophy of humanism.

3. (historical) In the Renaissance, a scholar of Greek and Roman classics.

adjective

1. Relating to humanism or the humanities.

2. (typography) Of a typeface: resembling classical handwritten monumental Roman letters rather than the 19th-century grotesque typefaces.