Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Methodist \Meth"o*dist\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]thodiste. See
   {Method}.]
   1. One who observes method. [Obs.]

   2. One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected
      observation and founded their practice on reasoning and
      theory. --Sir W. Hamilton.

   3. (Theol.) One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a
      small association called the ``Holy Club,'' formed at
      Oxford University, A.D. 1729, of which the most
      conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother
      Charles; -- originally so called from the methodical
      strictness of members of the club in all religious duties.

   4. A person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact
      observance of religious duties; -- sometimes so called in
      contempt or ridicule.

Methodist \Meth"o*dist\, a.
   Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist
   hymns; a Methodist elder.

Source : WordNet®

Methodist
     adj : of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of
           Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley;
           "Methodist theology" [syn: {Wesleyan}]

Methodist
     n : a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist
         Church