Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Futurist \Fu"tur*ist\, n.
   1. One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who
      anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the
      future; an expectant.

   2. (Theol.) One who believes or maintains that the
      fulfillment of the prophecies of the Bible is to be in the
      future.

Source : WordNet®

futurist
     adj : of or relating to futurism; "futurist art" [syn: {futuristic}]

futurist
     n 1: a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of
          the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) will be
          fulfilled in the future
     2: someone who predicts the future [syn: {fantast}]