n.1 a member of any of several Protestant religious bodies (now united) originating in the 18th-c. evangelistic movement of Charles and John Wesley and George Whitefield.
2 (methodist) a person who follows or advocates a particular method or system of procedure.
Derivatives:
Methodism n. Methodistic adj. Methodistical adj.
Etymology: mod.L methodista (as METHOD): sense 1 prob. from following a specified 'method' of devotional study