'Probabilist' definitions:
Definition of 'Probabilist'
From: GCIDE
- Probabilist \Prob"a*bil*ist\, n. [Cf. F. probabiliste.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Casuistry) One who maintains that a man may do that which has a probability of being right, or which is inculcated by teachers of authority, although other opinions may seem to him still more probable. [1913 Webster]