Probabilist

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Probabilist \Prob"a*bil*ist\, n. [Cf. F. probabiliste.]
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     1. One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that
        probability alone is to govern our faith and actions.
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     2. (Casuistry) One who maintains that a man may do that which
        has a probability of being right, or which is inculcated
        by teachers of authority, although other opinions may seem
        to him still more probable.
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