Definition of "monetarist" [mon•e•tar•ist]

• An economist who is an advocate of monetarism. (noun)
• Of, pertaining to, or advocating monetarism. (adjective)

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• "“I remember,” he recalled, “saying the word monetarist and almost spitting it out.”"
• ""His influence on the FOMC is, I would imagine, substantial, particularly because he was known as a monetarist and an inflation hawk when he joined the Fed and now he appears to have joined forces at least temporarily with those in the dovish camp," said Gramley, a senior adviser at Potomac Research Group in Washington."
• "He's something of a monetarist, which is okay; monetarists are good on the consequences of grossly inflating the currency. it's like nobody has ever been through a recession before ..."