Definition of "fetishist"

As well might we charge the people of Massachusetts with being Fetichists, as the Professor charge us with worshipping images.

1845, Brownson's Review, page 472

These races were Fetichists before they became Buddhist, Mahometan, or Christian.

1882, Sir John Lubbock, The Origin of Civilization and the Primitve Condition of Man: Mental and Social Condition of Savages, page 4

The Fetishist thinks not merely that his Fetish is alive, but that it can help him in war, can cure him of diseases, can grant him prosperity, or afflict him with all the contrary evils.

1866, John Stuart Mill, The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte, page 170