E*con"o*mist (?), n. [Cf. F. 'economiste.]
1.
One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste.
"
Economists even to parsimony."
Burke.
2.
One who is conversant with political economy; a student of economics.
© Webster 1913.