• (n.) One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions. • (n.) An advocate of the teaching of modern subjects, as modern languages, in preference to the ancient classics. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/modernist/
Mod'ern·ist noun An advocate of the teaching of modern subjects, as modern languages, in preference to the ancient classics. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/86
a person who follows or favors modern ways, tendencies, etc. · a person who advocates the study of modern subjects in preference to ancient classics. · an adherent of modernism in theological questions. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/modernist