Definitions for: Pluralist

[n] someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society
[n] a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature

Webster (1913) Definition: Plu"ral*ist, n. (Eccl.)
A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical
benefice. [Eng.]

Of the parochial clergy, a large proportion were
pluralists. --Macaulay.

See Also: liberal, philosopher, progressive