Usually means: Interprets constitution as originally understood.
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  1. originalist: Merriam-Webster
  2. Originalist, originalist: Wordnik
  3. originalist: Wiktionary
  4. Originalist, originalist: Dictionary.com
  5. Originalist, The Originalist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Originalist: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. originalist: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Originalist: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. originalist: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Originalist: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (originalist)

noun:  One who has, or tends to have, original ideas.
noun:  One who aims to discover how the writers of a document intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way.
noun:  (theology) Specifically, one who aims to discover how the writers of the Jewish and Christian scriptures intended them to be interpreted, and to interpret them in that way.
noun:  (US politics) Specifically, one who aims to discover how the writers of the Constitution of the United States intended it to be interpreted, and to interpret it in that way.

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