in|dig|e|nist

in|dig|e|nist «ihn DIHJ uh nihst», noun, adjective.

–n.

an advocate of policies or action devoted to the interest of the indigenous inhabitants of a Latin American country.

–adj.

of or having to do with indigenists.

╂[< American Spanish indigenista < indigena a native < Latin indigena; see etym. under indigenous (Cf. ↑indigenous)]