/ Dictionary / Index E economist: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: e•con•o•mist Pronunciation: (i-kon'u-mist), [key] — n. a specialist in economics. a thrifty or frugal person. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: economist (Thesaurus) economism economize Related Content Daily Word Quiz: deleterious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language