: an adherent of the old theory that the offspring is formed by admixture of the seed of the male with the supposed seed of the female — compare ovism, spermism
Seminist — Sem i*nist, n. (Biol.) A believer in the old theory that the newly created being is formed by the admixture of the seed of the male with the supposed seed of the female. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English