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Esperantist

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A person who speaks or promotes the Esperanto language

noun
/ˌɛspəˈrɑːntɪst/

: esperantista

He identified as an Esperantist, actively participating in discussions about the benefits of learning Esperanto.

Examples

Many Esperantists believe that a shared language can help foster international understanding and cooperation.
They seem as quixotic as Esperantists, who plot world peace by evangelizing for a single artificial language.

Academic text (2000)
In fact, some Esperantists and vegetarians have been making gentle common cause since 1906, when they formed Tutmonda.

Academic text (2000)
He had nearly forgotten that he once had learned to speak Esperanto when, during a short business trip to New York, he landed in a taxi, the driver of which appeared to be a fanatical Esperantist.

Fiction book (1997)
As an Esperantist, she regularly attends meetings to promote the use of Esperanto worldwide.

Surface Forms

Esperantist singular

Esperantists plural

Morphology

Esperantist = Esperanto (transparent) = Esperanto + ist

Derived by adding the common agent/affiliation suffix '-ist' to 'Esperanto', producing a straightforward agent/affiliation noun.

Etymology

Esperantist comes from the language name Esperanto, which its creator chose to mean 'one who hopes' from esperi 'to hope'. The ending -ist is like in 'artist' or 'pianist', so an Esperantist is a person who speaks or supports Esperanto.