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trialist

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noun/ˈtɹaɪəlɪst/
  1. 1

    An advocate of trialism, especially with reference to the proposed creation of a state comprising Austria, Hungary, and a Slavic region.

adj/ˈtɹaɪəlɪst/
  1. 1

    Involving three elements; especially, pertaining to a potential state comprising Austria, Hungary, and a Slavic region.not-comparable

    • Only if Bosnia-Herzegovina were fully annexed to the empire would it be possible eventually to incorporate it into the structure of a reformed trialist monarchy.
noun/ˈtɹaɪəlɪst/
  1. 1

    A person who takes part in a clinical trial, especially as a researcher.

    • 2001, LeRoy Walters and Tamar Joy Kahn (eds.), Bibliography of Bioethics, Washington, DC: Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Volume 27, p. 48, The balance of expertise and authority between research subjects and triallists is profoundly changed,
    • 2002, Mike Clarke, “The importance of The Cochrane Controlled Trials Register to people doing and interpreting randomised trials” in Lelia Duley and Barbara Farrell (eds.), Clinical Trials, London: BMJ Books, p. 30, Having completed their t
  2. 2

    A person who tries a product for the first time (as opposed to a regular purchaser); a person who participates in the trial of a new product.

    • 1995, Louella Miles, Perfect Marketing, London: Arrow Business, Chapter 8, p. 56, 90 per cent of profit is said to come from repeat purchasers and the rest from triallists
  3. 3

    An athlete who participates in a trial (competition to select players for a team); a person who enters a dog (especially a sheepdog) in a competition.UK

    • 1998, John Gordon, Three Sheep and a Dog, Auckland: Reed, Chapter 8, p. 107, Event I, the long head […] ends with the hold: sheep at a standstill in a 20-metre ring and held there, with the dog and triallist balanced on either side.
  4. 4

    A person standing trial in a court of law, especially one of a group of defendants in a high-profile case.South-Africa

    • 2006, Christina Scott, Nelson Mandela: A Force for Freedom, New York: Gramercy Books, Chapter 5, p. 71, Mandela’s fellow treason trialist, the feisty Helen Joseph, was the first person to be placed under house arrest.

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