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English
Etymology
From heroin + -ist.
Noun
heroinist (plural heroinists)
- A heroin addict.
1921, Frederick Tice, Practice of Medicine, volume 8, page 26:Heroinists and cocainists are ever so much more likely to become so, a condition which is perhaps due to the fact that the addicts of heroin and cocain are, as a rule, of a lower class. The author, in his experience, has found this to be the case.
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Swedish
Noun
heroinist c
- a heroinist
- Synonym: (slang) jonkare
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