'Populist' definitions:
Definition of 'populist'
From: WordNet
noun
An advocate of democratic principles [syn: democrat, populist]
Definition of 'Populist'
From: GCIDE
- Populist \Pop"u*list\, n. [L. populus people + -ist.] (U. S. Politics) A member of the People's party. -- {Pop`u*lis"tic}, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]